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reconduct

Syllables: re·con·duct/ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/US/ˌɹikənˈdʌkt/

reconduct verb: to conduct again or back.

Verb

reconduct (third-person singular simple present reconducts, present participle reconducting, simple past and past participle reconducted)

  1. (transitive) To conduct again or back.
    • reconduct the orchestra
    • 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

Forms of reconduct

third-person singular presentreconducts
present participlereconducting
past participlereconducted
pastreconducted

Origin of reconduct

From re- + conduct.

Words formed from reconduct

Questions about reconduct

What does reconduct mean?
Reconduct means to conduct again or back.
What part of speech is reconduct?
Reconduct is a verb.
How do you pronounce reconduct?
Reconduct is pronounced /ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of reconduct?
The past tense of reconduct is reconducted.

Words near reconduct in the dictionary

  1. reconditionings
  2. reconditions
  3. reconditories
  4. reconditory
  5. reconds
  6. reconduct
  7. reconducted
  8. reconducting
  9. reconduction
  10. reconductor
  11. reconductored

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