reconduct
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹikənˈdʌkt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: re‧con‧duct
Verb
editreconduct (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.