† disconducev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To be unconducive to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)]
disavailc1425
unprofit?1541
disconduce1619
to need (something) like a hole in the head1951
1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1868) 2nd Ser. 48 It..disconduced in nothing..to the promoving of the cause, if they forbore to presse his Matie to such a formal assent.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 324 Of things that conduce, or disconduce to his glory.
Derivatives
disconducing adj. = disconducive adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable > not conducive
disconducinga1631
unconducing1660
unconducive1661
unaidant1667
disconducive1819
unfurthersomec1820
inconducive1848
unfriendly1981
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 174 It were impertinent, and dis-conducing to our owne ends, to vexe..the Pope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.1619- to cost one the setting on
- to cost sauce
- to cost the earth
- to cosy up to
- to cotton on
- to cotton on to
- to couch a hog's a cod's head
- to couch a hog's head
- to couch in language
- to fall pregnant
- to fall prey to
- to fall profit
- to fall prostrate
- to fall sacrifice to
- to fall short
- to fall short of
- to fall short to
- to fall silent
- to fall sink into oblivion
- to fall through
- to fall to
- to fall to a person's etc
- to fall to a person's gun
- to fall to a person's rifle
- to fall to a person's sword