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conduct | judge |

As a noun conduct

is the act or method of controlling or directing.

As a verb conduct

is (archaic|transitive) to lead, or guide; to escort.

As a proper noun judge is

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conduct

English

Noun

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  • The act or method of controlling or directing
  • * 1785 , (William Paley), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
  • There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.
  • * Ld. Brougham
  • the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs
  • Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
  • Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .
  • * Robertson
  • with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed.
  • The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
  • Good conduct''' will be rewarded and likewise poor '''conduct will be punished.
  • * Macaulay
  • All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
  • * Dryden
  • What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
  • (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
  • * Macaulay
  • the book of Job, in conduct and diction
  • (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • I will be your conduct .
  • * Shakespeare
  • In my conduct shall your ladies come.
  • That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
  • * Shakespeare
  • although thou hast been conduct of my chame

    Synonyms

    * (act or method of controlling or directing ) control, guidance, management * (manner of guiding or carrying one's self ): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour, * (plot of a literary work) action, plot, storyline

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To lead, or guide; to escort.
  • * 1634 , (John Milton),
  • I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
  • To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.
  • to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
  • *
  • Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
  • (reflexively to conduct oneself ) To behave.
  • He conducted himself well.
  • To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
  • * 2006 , Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
  • For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted' the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had '''conducted''' the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, ' conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.
  • To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
  • To carry out (something organized)
  • * {{quote-news
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    Synonyms

    * (lead or guide) accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead * (direct) direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, belead * act, behave, carry on * (to serve as a medium for conveying) carry, convey, transmit

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    judge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * judg (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
  • A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  • A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
  • At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
  • A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
  • He is a good judge of wine.
  • * Dryden
  • A man who is no judge' of law may be a good ' judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.

    Synonyms

    * (one who judges or dispenses judgement) deemer, deemster * (official of the court) justice, sheriff

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    Verb

    (judg)
  • To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
  • A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  • To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
  • Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  • To form an opinion on.
  • I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  • To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
  • We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  • To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
  • I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  • To form an opinion; to infer.
  • I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
  • THE sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o'clock.
  • (intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
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