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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Conduce  \Con*duce"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Conduced};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Conducing}.]  [L.  conducere  to  bring  together, 
  conduce,  hire;  con-  +  ducere  to  lead.  See  {Duke}  and  cf 
  Conduct,  n.,  {Cond}.] 
  To  lead  or  tend,  esp.  with  reference  to  a  favorable  or 
  desirable  result;  to  contribute;  --  usually  followed  by  to  or 
  toward. 
 
  He  was  sensible  how  much  such  a  union  would  conduce  to 
  the  happiness  of  both  --Macaulay. 
 
  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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