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Conduct [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, the act of leading; guidance; command. So Waller has used it.

2. CONDUCT of armies is a princes art.

3. The act of convoying, or guarding; guidance or brining along under protection.

4. Guard on the way; convoy; escort.

5. [These senses are now unusual, though not improper.]

6. In a general sense, personal behavior; course of actions; deportment; applicable equally to a good or a bad course of actions; as laudable conduct; detestable conduct The word seems originally to have been followed with life, actions, affairs, or other term; as the conduct of life; the conduct of actions; that is, the leading along of life or actions.

7. Young men in the conduct and manage of actions embrace more than they can hold.

8. What in the conduct of our life appears.

9. But by custom, conduct alone is now used to express the idea of behavior or course of life and manners.

10. Exact behavior; regular life. [Unusual.]

11. Management; mode of carrying on.

12. Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.

13. The title of two clergymen appointed to read prayers at Eton College in England.

Conduct [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To lead; to bring along; to guide; to accompany and show the way.

2. And Judah came to Gilgal--to conduct the king over Jordan. 2 Samuel 19:15 .

3. To lead; to direct or point out the way.

4. The precepts of Christ will conduct us to happiness.

5. To lead; to usher in; to introduce; to attend in civility.

6. Pray receive them nobly, and conduct them into our presence.

7. To give a direction to; to manage; applied to things; as, the farmer conducts his affairs with prudence.

8. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to govern; to command; as, to conduct an army or a division of troops.

9. With the reciprocal pronoun, to conduct ones self, is to behave. Hence, by a customary omission of the pronoun, to conduct in an intransitive sense, is to behave; to direct personal actions. [See the Noun.]

10. To escort; to accompany and protect on the way.

Conduct [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

7. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

8. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

9. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

10. To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

11. To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

Conduct [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

2. To conduct one's self; to behave.

Conducted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Led; guided; directed; introduced; commanded; managed.

Conducted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Conduct

Conductibility [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.

2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

Conductible [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being conducted.

Conducting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Leading; escorting; introducing; commanding; behaving; managing.

Conducting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Conduct

Conduction [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of training up. [Not in use.]

2. Transmission through or by means of a conductor.

Conduction [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of leading or guiding.

2. The act of training up.

3. Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

Conductitious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Hired; employed for wages.

Conductive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.

Conductivity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Conductor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A leader; a guide; one who goes before or accompanies, and shows the way.

2. A chief; a commander; one who leads an army or a people.

3. A director; a manager.

4. In surgery, an instrument which serves to direct the knife in cutting for the stone, and in laying up sinuses and fistulas; also, a machine to secure a fractured limb.

5. In electrical experiments, any body that receives and communicates electricity; such as metals and moist substances. Bodies which repel it, or into which it will not pass, are called non-conductors. Hence,

6. A metallic rod erected by buildings or in ships, to conduct lightning to the earth or water, and protect the building from its effects.

Conductor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.

3. The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

4. A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

5. A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

6. Same as Leader.

Conductory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the property of conducting.

Conductress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A female who leads or directs; a directress.

Conductress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A woman who leads or directs; a directress.

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Numbers 16:1

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

Deuteronomy 22:14

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”

Deuteronomy 22:17

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

2 Samuel 19:15

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.

2 Samuel 19:31

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

2 Samuel 19:40

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.

2 Chronicles 2:17

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.

Ezra 4:19

And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.

Esther 1:17

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’

Esther 1:18

Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.

Psalms 107:23

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Proverbs 10:23

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Ezekiel 7:27

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 11:21

But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 14:22

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

Ezekiel 14:23

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”