reconduct

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ conduct.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹikənˈdʌkt/
Hyphenation: re‧con‧duct

Verb

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

(transitive) To conduct again or back.
- 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:
  Spirit, who art thou? and from whence arriv'd? / […] / Amidſt this new creation want'ſt a guide, / To reconduct thy ſteps?

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reconduct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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