Conduct \Con"duct\ (k[o^]n"d[u^]kt), n. [LL. conductus defense,
   escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce,
   and cf. Conduit.]
   1. 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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   2. 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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   3. 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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   4. 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. --Shak.
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   5. 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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   6. 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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