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reconduct en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɹikənˈdʌkt/ (General-American)
  • /ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From re- + conduct.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To conduct again or back.
    • Spirit, who art thou? and from whence arriv'd? / […] / Amidſt this new creation want'ſt a guide, / To reconduct thy ſteps? 1674 (date written), John Dryden, The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, Act II, page 11:
    • reconduct the orchestra

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reconducting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reconducted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reconducted Tense=Past lexicographic
reconducts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

reconduction