Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section III. Voluntary Action
2. Complex Voluntary Action

692. Conduct.

   NOUN:CONDUCT, behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien [F.], demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance.
  course -, line- of -conduct, – action, – proceeding; rôle; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi [L.]; method &c., path [See Method].
  DEALING, transaction (action) [See Action]; business [See Business].
  POLICY, polity; tactics, game, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics; plan [See Plan].
  MANAGEMENT; government (direction) [See Direction]; stewardship, husbandry; housekeeping, housewifery; ménage or menage; régime or regime, regimen, economy, economics; political economy.
  CAREER, life, course, walk, province, race, record; execution, manipulation, treatment; campaign.
   VERB:TRANSACT, execute; dispatch or despatch, proceed with, discharge; carry -on, – through, – out, – into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; officiate [See Business].
  bear -, behave -, comport -, demean -, carry -, conduct -, acquit- oneself.
  run a race, lead a life, play a game; take -, adopt- a course; steer -, shape- one’s course; play one’s part, play one’s cards; shift for oneself; paddle one’s own canoe; bail one’s own boat.
  conduct; manage (direct) [See Direction].
  DEAL WITH, have to do with; treat, handle a case; take -steps, – measures.
   ADJECTIVE:CONDUCTING &c. v.; directive, strategic or strategical, methodical, business-like, practical, executive; economic.
   QUOTATION:It is their care that the wheels run truly.—Kipling