CONDUCT
(also see GUIDE, LEAD)
NOUNS
► ABEARANCE conduct, behaviour → 1552
► ABEARING conduct, behaviour; the act of comporting or behaving oneself → 1494 obs.
► AFFAIR conduct, bearing, deportment, appearance; mode of doing → 1375 obs.
► BELE bad conduct → 1898 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► FACTION a course of conduct, an action; manner of acting or behaving → 1559 obs.
► FARE conduct, behaviour → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► I-BERE conduct, bearing, comportment → 900 obs.
► INLEAD a pattern for conduct, an example of behaviour → 1956 Sc.
► MANAGE conduct, bearing, demeanour → 1593 obs.
► ON-GANG conduct, behaviour; proceedings → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► ON-GANGINGS conduct, behaviour; proceedings → 1898 Sc.
► ONGOING conduct, behaviour, an event, affair, proceeding; generally in plural → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RATE standard of conduct or action; hence, manner, mode, style → 1470 obs.
► THICK-SPINNING bad conduct → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► FURE to conduct, to lead → 1540 obs.
► I-BERE to conduct oneself → 897 obs.
► ONGO to conduct oneself, to go on, to proceed → 1710 Sc.
► TURN to conduct oneself, to show one’s character; to act → 1902 Amer. dial.
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