Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-DUCT', v.t. [Sp. conducir; Port. conduzir, to conduct, and to conduce; Fr. conduire; It. condurre; L. conduco. But the English verb is from the noun conduct, or the L. participle.]

1. To lead; to bring along; to guide; to accompany and show the way. And Judah came to Gilgal, to conduct the king over Jordan. 2 Sam. xix.
2. To lead; to direct or point out the way; as, the precepts of Christ will conduct us to happiness.
3. To lead; to usher in; to introduce; to attend in civility. Pray receive them nobly, and conduct them Into our presence. – Shak.
4. To give a direction to; to manage; applied to things; as, the farmer conducts his affairs with prudence.
5. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to govern; to command; as, to conduct an army or a division of troops.
6. With the reciprocal pronoun, to conduct one's self, is to behave. Hence, by a customary omission of the pronoun, to conduct, in an intransitive sense, is to behave; to direct personal actions. [See the noun.]
7. To escort; to accompany and protect on the way.