Verb

(conduc)

To contribute or lead to a specific result.

* Macaulay

He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.

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* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 85:

There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.

* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:

Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.

Verb

(en-verb)

To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.

*

To assist in carrying out.

* Glanvill

'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.