† conducement Obs.
(kənˈdjuːsmənt)
[f. conduce v. + -ment; cf. inducement.]
1. The action of ‘conducing’ or bringing about.
| 1552 Edw. VI in Strype Eccl. Mem. II. ii. xiv. 360 To do their best for conducement of it to effect. 1650 T. Hubbert Pill Formality Pref. 3 If thou wilt but read..it may be to the conducement of thy good. |
2. The quality of conducing to, or promoting; conduciveness.
| 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Answ. (1653) 57 It may be of some conducement to his cause. 1645 Milton Tetrach. Wks. 1738 I. 236 Their breeding, which is of main conducement to their being holy. |
b. quasi-concr. A thing conducive.
| 1632 Lithgow Trav. iv. (1682) 158 Their riches..their Forces of Wars, and the manner of their conducements. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 14 Dressing her..and fitting her with all conducements. 1646 T. Horton Sinne's Discov. 32 A means, and conducement to somewhat else. |
3. Tendency.
| 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. (1650) 68 The Conducement of all this is but Cabalisticall. |