To lead or conduct; to guide or manage something from beginning to end.
From Latin conducere, from con- (with) + ducere (to lead). The word evolved from its original sense of physically leading to more abstract meanings of directing or managing affairs.
This rare word is the root of 'conduct' and 'conduit'—it's like a linguistic ancestor that shows how Romans thought of management as literally 'leading together' different elements toward a goal.
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