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   Conduct , n. [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit.]
   The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
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   Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.
   Paley.
   
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   The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs.
   Ld. Brougham.
   
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   Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
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   Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
   Waller.
   
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   Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.
   Robertson.
   
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   Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]
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   I will be your conduct.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   In my conduct shall your ladies come.
   Shak.
   
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   That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]
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   Although thou hast been conduct of my shame.
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   The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
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   All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
   Macaulay.
   
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   What in the conduct of our life appears
   So well designed, so luckily begun,
   But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
   Dryden.
   
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   Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
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   The book of Job, in conduct and diction.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.
   Syn. -- Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See Behavior.
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   Conduct , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct, n.]
   To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
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   I can conduct you, lady, to a low
   But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
   Milton.
   
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   To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
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   Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
   Prescott.
   
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   To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
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   (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
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   (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
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   Conduct, v. i.
   To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
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   To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
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