reconduct, v.
(riːkənˈdʌkt)
[f. L. reconduct-, ppl. stem of recondūcĕre, to hire anew, also to lead back: see re- 2 and conduct v. Cf. F. reconduire (14th c. in Littré Suppl.).]
trans. To lead back.
| 1611 Cotgr., Reconduire, to reconduct, bring backe. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. x. 31 Well, replied the Mahomedan, I am contented to redeem, and reconduct thee to Malaca. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 97, I suffered myself to be reconducted to the..palace. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 106 The canal, which re⁓conducts the water from the course of discharge to the river. 1868 Browning Ring & Bk. ii. 877 Three successive times, Had he to reconduct her by main-force..Back to the husband and the house she fled. |
So reconˈductor. rare—1.
| 1611 Cotgr., Reconduiseur, a reconductor; a leader. |