conduce
verb (used without object)
to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to ortoward ).
have conduced
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present perfectof conduce.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The influences of his early life were such as may well have conduced to a broad and strong character.
From The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith
They already have conduced to the grand success of various branches of manufactures, as may be seen in the many enterprises springing up in the neighborhood of Sydney.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou
Everything should have conduced to rest, but she lay there with her eyes wide-open.
From The Double Traitor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The Civil Law Few events in history can be mentioned which have conduced more to the welfare of Europe than this discovery.
From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Charles Butler
Indeed, it is these various reforms which, in all probability, have conduced to a better school attendance than could be boasted of in the past.
From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by S. Rosenbaum
