What is "conduces"

Usage examples of "conduces".

Admittedly the fall upon the rocks conduces towards death, but it is the mercy of Yelisea which sees fit to grant a speedy extinction, rather than the duration of a possibly agonizing canker.

Self-love may be the center, round which the human affections move, for whatever motive conduces to self-gratification may be resolved into self-love.

Further, we are a gallant folk, proud and handsome, which conduces to fate-ridden amours both with mortals and with other halflings.