conducing

English

Verb

conducing

  1. present participle of conduce

Adjective

conducing (comparative more conducing, superlative most conducing)

  1. That conduces to a given purpose or end result.
  2. (obsolete) That conduces to a desired purpose; beneficial, helpful.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:
      , II.2.6.iii:
      As it is acceptable and conducing to most, so especially to a melancholy man […]
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