单词 | conduce |
释义 | conducev. a. transitive. To lead, conduct, bring (literal and figurative). Const. to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > guide wieldeOE steera1000 wisc1000 wiseOE turnc1175 kenc1200 conduec1330 dressc1330 govern1340 addressc1350 guidea1400 conducec1475 conduct1481 rectifya1500 besteer1603 helm1607 engineer1831 beacon1835 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide leada900 conduec1330 conductc1400 convey14.. condc1460 conducec1475 convoyc1480 carrya1522 wain1540 train1549 marshal1590 gallant1806 usha1824 trot1888 get1984 c1475 Partenay Prol. 206 Here I hym require To thys nede me ayde; and hys moder swet Mi mater conduce to the ende. 1514 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 101 By cause that I shuld conduce home my said Lords companye. 1527 T. Wolsey Let. to Henry VIII in State Papers (R.) Ther was sent unto my lodging the cardinall of Bourbon, &c. to conduce me to my ladies presence. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 160 To conduce things to some order out of this Chaos of confusion. a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 95 To conduce hither the most lovely and vertuous princesse. 1658 T. Meriton Love & War iv. i. sig. H4v I am conduc'd by willingnesse to dye. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [verb (transitive)] > lend (aid) to bring about a result contribute1634 conduce1717 1717 R. Bentley Serm. before King George 10 [They] conduce every one its share to the..Beauty of the whole. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > hire [verb (transitive)] hirec1275 conduct1476 conduce1502 job1758 society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ hirec1000 i-bye10.. i-hirec1000 soldc1386 takea1400 retain1437 wage1465 conduct1476 fee1488 conduce1502 implya1533 entertain1572 enter1585 wager1592 to fill up1598 to take on1611 improve1640 to speak for ——a1688 employa1727 engage1753 ploy1871 to turn on1893 to book up1915 1502 Will of Thomas Bromfield (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/13) f. 105 That my executors conduce and wage an honest preest..to syng, etc. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vii. iv. f. 83v/1 He conducit ane gret nowmer of schippis and weirmen part with the ryches he wan in the weris of Italy..to cum in Albioun. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert I in Regiam Majestatem 35 He quha is conduced be prayer, or be price. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 330 Gowry..conducing a ship gave out that he would forthwith depart. 1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 73 Who for greater gain may be conduced to fight. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect helpc1410 obtain?a1425 procurec1425 practise?a1439 upholdc1450 furnish1477 to bring about1480 to bring to passc1513 conduce1518 contrive1530 to make good1535 moyen1560 effect1581 effectuatea1586 to level out1606 operate1637 to carry offa1640 efficiate1639 work1761 engineer1831 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] furtherc888 to bring onc1230 advancea1250 speeda1300 nourishc1300 avaunt1393 promotec1433 pasture?a1439 advantage?1459 promove1475 preferc1503 conduce1518 to set forth1528 to set forward(s)1530 to take forth1530 fillip1551 help1559 farther1570 foster1571 shoulder1577 to put forward1579 seconda1586 foment1596 hearten1598 to put on1604 fomentate1613 succeed1613 expeditea1618 producea1618 maturate1623 cultivate1641 encourage1677 push1693 forward1780 progress1780 admove1839 1518 T. Wolsey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. 21 Your provident dexterity in the wise conducing of these his weighty matters. 1527 T. Wolsey Let. to Henry VIII in State Papers (R.) For the conducing and setting forthe of good amitie and peace betwene your highnes and her son. 1529 in G. Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 96 For conducing the Kings purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] goeOE wendOE runOE stretchc1400 strike1456 extend1481 point?1518 address1523 passc1550 tend1574 trend1598 conduce1624 direct1665 verge1726 shape1769 1624 J. Reynolds Votivæ Angliæ Ded. 1 As so many Lynes conducing to their Centre. 5. a. to conduce to: to lead or tend towards (a result); to aid in bringing about, contribute to, make for, further, promote, subserve. (The current sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (intransitive)] > lead or conduce to teemc1275 conduct1481 rixlec1540 tend1560 to conduce to1586 shapea1616 to go far to1668 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > be conducive or tend to an end pretend1402 stretchc1412 conduct1481 to conduce to1586 terminate1587 shapea1616 determine1651 minister1696 tend1936 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] > tend to further to make to ——1528 to make with ——1559 to conduce to1586 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. P7 Much..may the euill example of some lewdly giuen, conduce heereunto. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 167 The reasons you alleadge, do more conduce To the hot passion of distempred blood, Then to make vp a free determination. View more context for this quotation 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. vi. 58 How circumstances conduce severally to the production of Effects. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 20 The well-working and bonding of Brick-walls conduces very much to their strength. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 65 In all the virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed. b. with person as subj. rare. ΚΠ 1879 J. R. Green Readings Eng. Hist. xix. 99 He was resolved not to conduce to what he considered idolatry. c. Const. infinitive with to. ΚΠ 1609 [see sense 5a]. a1626 F. Bacon Sylva Sylvarum (1627) §352 The Boaring of Holes in that kinde of Wood..seemeth to conduce to make it Shine. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vii. 126 Means very undesireable, often conduce to bring about Ends..desireable. ΚΠ 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xxxiii. 82 As might best conduce with the benefit of the inhabitants. a. To be profitable or advantageous (to). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] dowc950 frameOE fremeOE helpc1000 gainc1175 holdc1175 vail1303 yainc1325 it is speedfulc1340 profit1340 speedc1380 prowa1400 bootc1400 prevailc1450 avail1489 mister1490 skill1528 stead1594 advantagea1616 conduce1624 1624 [implied in: R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) ii. ii. vi. iii. 249 Acceptable and conducing to most,..especially to a melancholy man. (at conducing adj. 2)]. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 119 These conduce much to the wise. 1656 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 57 The seed is conducing to al the cold griefs of the Head and Stomach. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. p. xx Passages which may be conducing to myself, in relation to the Subject. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] helpc1000 goodOE steadc1175 to do (one) boot?c1225 advancec1330 profitc1330 availc1384 servea1398 vaila1400 vailc1400 prevail1442 advantage?1459 vantagec1460 bootc1540 benefit1549 conduce?1577 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 bonify1603 answer1756 better1833 to stand to ——1841 to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead1887 ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing Ep. Ded. sig. A.ij Anie thing, that may conduce and benefite the mystical bodie. 7. Of uncertain meaning: ? intransitive (for reflexive) ‘conducts itself, carries itself on, goes on’. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 150 Within my soule there doth conduce a fight Of this strange nature, that a thing inseparat, Diuides more wider then the skie and earth. 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