Middle English Dictionary Entry
condūcen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | condūcen v. |
| Etymology | L condūc-ere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To guide or lead (sb.).
Associated quotations
- ?a1500 O sapiencia (Hrl 45)8 : O adonaye, chieff duke of Israell, Which them conduced from thrall captiuite.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Meas.Treas.(Hrl 2255)12 : Mesure is roote of al good policye..Of Poopys, Prelatys it beryth vp the partye, Them to conduce in hyh perfeccioun.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)120/27 : Godes children..þe whiche þe Holy Gost ledeþ and conduceþ in erþe.
- c1470(?1458) Wey Prevision (Bod 565)4 : He schal conduce yow to certeyne havenys.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)463/22 : Except hys deth, ther might no medsyn be That might..hus conduce vn to þe heyvynly blys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)120a/b : Jt happeneþ þat þis place is wounded oþerwhile o lengþe & oþerwhile o brede and ȝif it be wounded o brede oþer o lengþe & þe wounde be grete þat it nede þat þe parties be conduced togidere aȝeine wiþ sewinge, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)120b/b : Ȝif þe wounde be made o trauers wiþ a swerde and þe wounde be grete, conduce þe parties & conserue þe place aboute þe wounde as it is seide aforne, & mollifye & clense þe place.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)121a/a : For when þat nature fyndeþ þis conducture made…nature schal…engender a ligament in a beter & a more nobel maner þen ȝif þei be not conduced wiþ sewinge.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)121a/a : When a surgene conduceþ a broken bone oþer þe parties þe whiche ben broken & continueþ hem and festneþ hem wele to gidere wiþ bondes & ligatures, it is þe same þat a sewynge is in a sinewe þat is kitte.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)122a/b : Ȝif þe bone be kitte o trauers in þe wounde, conduce þe parties of þe bone, settynge hem euen to gidere and conduce þe parties of þe fleisch & of þe skynne also with sewing.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)121a/b : Ȝif þe sinewe be kitte…& þu maie not cumme þerto forto sewen it, conduce þe parties to gidere as esilye as þu maye and festen hem.
Note: New sense (Make existing gloss sense 1.).
Note: Glosses: 2. Surg. To draw (the edges of an incised wound or the fibers of a torn sinew together), bring; also, to set (a broken bone); ~ with seuing(e, to suture (a flesh wound, a severed nerve); ~ togeder-notes per MLL