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3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
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4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of .
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Coloq. Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. -- Coloq. Bull's-eye condenser , or Coloq. Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. -- Coloq. Injection condenser , a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. -- Coloq. Surface condenser , an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.
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Condensible (?), a. Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.
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Conder (?), n. [From .] One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See .
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Condescend (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended; p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See .] 1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. “Condescend to men of low estate.” Rom. xii. 16.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend. Dryden.
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Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. F. W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. R. Carew.

Syn. -- To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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{ Condescendence (?), Condescendency (?) }, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.] Condescension. [Obs.]
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condescending adj. exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used of behavior or attitude.
Syn. -- arch, patronizing.
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Condescendingly (?), adv. In a condescending manner. Atterbury.
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Condescension (?), n. [L. condescensio.] The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.
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It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson.
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Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.

Syn. -- Complaisance; courtesy; affability.
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Condescent (?), n. [Cf. , .] An act of condescension. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Condign (?), a. [F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See , and cf. .] 1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obs.]
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Condign and worthy praise. Udall.
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Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. Spenser.
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2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. “Condign censure.” Milman.
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Unless it were a bloody murderer . . .
I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.
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Condignity (?), n. [Cf. F. condignité.] (Scholastic Theol.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.
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Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.
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Condignly (?), adv. According to merit.
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Condignness, n. Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.
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Condiment (?), n. [L. condimentum, fr. condire. See .] Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.
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As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. Bacon.
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Condisciple (?), n. [L. condiscipulus. See .] A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. [R.]
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Condite (?), a. [L. conditus, p. p. of condire to preserve, pickle, season. See .] Preserved; pickled. [Obs.] Burton.
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Condite (?), v. t. To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Condition (?), n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See , .] 1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.
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I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak.
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And O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? Cowley.
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The new conditions of life. Darwin.
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2. Essential quality; property; attribute.
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It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon.
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3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]
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The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.
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4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.
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I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak.
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Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.
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5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.
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Coloq. Equation of condition . (Math.) See under . -- Coloq. On condition or Coloq. Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. “Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.” Shak. -- Coloq. Conditions of sale , the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

Syn. -- State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See .
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Condition (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.] 1. To make terms; to stipulate.
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Pay me back my credit,
And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl.
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2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
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To think of a thing is to condition. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Condition, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See , n.] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.
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Seas, that daily gain upon the shore,
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson.
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2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
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It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.
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3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.
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4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.

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Conditional (?), a. [L. conditionalis.] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
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Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.
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2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.
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A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately.
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The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.
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Conditional, n. 1. A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
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Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.
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Conditionality (?), n. The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
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Conditionally (?), adv. In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.
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Conditionate (?), a. [LL. conditionatus, p. p. See , v. t.] Conditional. [Obs.]
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Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.
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Conditionate (?), v. t. 1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [Obs.]
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2. To put under conditions; to render conditional.
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Conditioned (?), a. 1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.
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The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak.
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2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.
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Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton.
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3. made softer by washing with a chemical agent called a .
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conditioned response n. a behavioral response to a stimulus that has been acquired by experience or conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion.
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conditioned emotional response n. an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion.
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conditioner n. 1. exercise that conditions the body; as, farmwork can be a good conditioner.
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2. a trainer of athletes.
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3. a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer.
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conditioning n. a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment. See .
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Conditionly, adv. Conditionally. [Obs.]
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Conditory (?), n.; pl. Conditories (#). [L. conditorium, fr. condere to hide. See .] A repository for holding things; a hinding place.
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condo n. one of the units in a condominium.
Syn. -- condominium.
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condog (?; 115), v. i. [A punning corruption of concur.] To concur; to agree. [Burlesque]
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☞ This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree; thus. “Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend.” Cockeram.
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Condolatory (?), a. Expressing condolence. Smart.
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Condole (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See .] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.
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Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.
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Condole, v. t. To lament or grieve over. [R.]
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I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.
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Condolement (?), n. 1. Condolence. “A pitiful condolement.” Milton.
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2. Sorrow; mourning; lamentation. Shak.
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Condolence (?), n. [Cf. F. condoléance.] Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
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Their congratulations and their condolences. Steele.
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A special mission of condolence. Macaulay.
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Condoler (?), n. One who condoles.
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condominium n. 1. one of the units in a condominium{2}.
Syn. -- condo.
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2. a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned (as contrasted with rented).
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Condonation (?), n. [L. condonatio a giving away.] 1. The act of condoning or pardoning.
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2. (Law) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. Bouvier. Wharton.
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Condone (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See .] 1. To pardon; to forgive.
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A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black.
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It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.

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2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
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Condor (kŏndŏr; in defs. 2 & 3, k�nd�r), n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.] 1. (Zoöl.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
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2. (Zoöl.) The California vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California condor. [Local, U. S.] In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild.
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3. A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.
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4. A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.
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Condottiere (?), n.; pl. Condottieri (#). [It., captain.] A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
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Conduce (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.] [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See and cf. Conduct, n., .] To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
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He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay.
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The reasons you allege do more conduce
To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.

Syn. -- To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.
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Conduce, v. t. To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]
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He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.
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Conducent (?), a. [L. conducens, p. pr.] Conducive; tending.
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Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud.
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Conducibility (?), n. The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.
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Conducible (kŏndūsĭb'l), a. [L. conducibilis.] Conducive; tending; contributing. Bacon.
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All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them. Bentley.
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Conducibleness, n. Quality of being conducible.
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Conducibly, adv. In a manner to promote. [R.]
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Conducive (kŏndūsĭv), a. Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
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However conducive to the good or our country. Addison.
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Conduciveness, n. The quality of conducing.
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Conduct (kŏndŭkt), n. [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See , and cf. .] 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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Coloq. 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 .
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Conduct (kŏndŭkt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See , n.] 1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
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I can conduct you, lady, to a low
But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton.
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2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
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Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott.
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3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
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4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
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5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
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Conduct, v. i. 1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
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2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
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Conductance (kŏndŭkt�ns), n. [Conduct, v. + -ance.] (Elec.) Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.

Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of any specified material without direct reference to its shape or other factors. Sloane's Elec. Dict.
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Conductibility (kŏndŭktĭbĭlĭt�), n. [Cf. F. conductibilité.] 1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.
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2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.
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Conductible (-b'l), a. Capable of being conducted.
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