tconduciveness

[Eng. conducive; -ne .] The quality of being conducive; tendency to further or promote. "I mention some examples of the conducivene of the smallne of a body's parts to its fluidity." -Boyle. con-duct, s . [Low Lat. conductus =a guard, an escort: Lat. conductus , pa. par. of conduco = to lead with, to conduct: con cum =with, and duco = to lead; dur a leader, a guide; O. Fr. conduicte ; Fr. conduite ; Sp. conducto .] A. Ordinary Language: *I. Literally: 1. The act of leading or conducting; guidance. "And follow me, that will to some provision Give thee quick conduct." Shakesp.: King Lear, iii. 4. 2. The act or science of leading an army; generalship. "Conduct of armies is a prince's art."-Waller. *5. A channel, pa age, or means of communica tion. "God is the fountain of honor, and the conduct , by which he conveys it to the sons of men, are virtuous and generous practices."- South , vol. i., Serm. 5. *B. Taxation : The same as CONDUCT-MONEY (q. v.). "Not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct." Milton : Areopag ., p. 50. *conduct-money, s. 1. Hist.: An exaction levied by Charles I. to pay the traveling expenses of his troops. "Allow him coat and conduct-money."-Butler: Characters; The Herald. For the difference between conduct and be havior, see BEHAVIOR. con-duct', v. t. & i. [CONDUCT, 8.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) To lead, guide, direct, or accompany on the way. "And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan." -2 Sam . xix. 15. (2) To usher in, to lead or bring to one's presence with ceremony. "Pray receive them nobly, and conduct them Into our presence." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., i. 4. IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] credit and ascendency altogether unknown to the others. We conduct or guide those who do not know the road; we lead those who either cannot or will not go alone. In the literal sense it is the head that conducts , the eye that guides , and the hand that leads. One conducts a law-suit; one guides a traveler; one leads an infant. In the figurative sense the understanding conducts ; rule guides; the will or influence leads . Intelligence ought to conduct us in busine ; politene ought to guide our behavior in company; taste may lead us in the choice of pleasures. We are conducted in a certain course, that we may do what is proper to be done; we are guided in a certain route, that we may not go astray; we are led into society from a sociable temper. A general conducts an army ac cording to his knowledge and experience; he is himself guided in what he does by fixed rules: he leads his army into the field of battle by the word of command. The pilot conducts the ve el; the steersman guides it: the coachman guides his horses on the road; he leads them into the stable." (Crabb. Eng . Synon.) He thus discriminates between to conduct , to manage, and to direct : " Conducting requires most wisdom and knowledge; managing most action; direction most authority. A lawyer conducts the cause intrusted to him; a steward manages the mercantile concerns for his employer; a superintendent directs the movements of all the subordinate agents. Conducting is always applied to affairs of the first importance; management is a term of familiar use to characterize familiar employment; direction makes up in authority what it wants in importance; it falls but little short of the word conduct. A conductor conceives and plans; a manager acts or executes; a director commands." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) IMG:content-0526.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Sometimes, though le properly, used in the same sense as conductivity , i. e., for the ability to conduct. (Used of heat or electricity.)