reconduct

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ conduct.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːkənˈdʌkt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹikənˈdʌkt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧con‧duct

Verb

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

1. (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

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