reconduct

English edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ conduct.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹikənˈdʌkt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: re‧con‧duct

Verb edit

reconduct (third-person singular simple present reconducts, present participle reconducting, simple past and past participle reconducted)

(transitive) To conduct again or back.
reconduct the orchestra
- 1674 (date written), John Dryden, The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, Act II, page 11:
  Spirit, who art thou? and from whence arriv'd? / […] / Amidſt this new creation want'ſt a guide, / To reconduct thy ſteps?

References edit

“reconduct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.