conduct

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1. 1.Skillful guidance or management; generalship. Conduct of armies is a prince's art. Waller. Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. Robertson.
2. 2.Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic] I will be your conduct. B. Jonson. In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak.
3. 3.That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.] Although thou been conduct of my chame. Shak.
4. 4.The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior. All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay. What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone Dryden.
5. 5.Plot; action; construction; manner of development. The book of Job, in conduct and diction. Macaulay. 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. See Behavior.
6. 6.To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend. I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton.
7. 7.To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom. Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott.
8. 8.To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
9. 9.(Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
10. 10.(Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
11. 11.To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
12. 12.To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is conduct.

• What is convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic] I will be your conduct. B. Jonson. In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak called?
• What is that which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.] Although thou been conduct of my chame. Shak called?
• What is to lead, or guide; to escort; to attend. I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton called?
• What is to lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom. Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott called?
• What is to behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well called?
• What is to serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc called?
• What is to direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition called?
• What is to act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry called?
• What is to conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.] called?