il conduisit

drove

→ conduire
conduis to drive + it 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #34,302
drove Simple past (passé simple), 3rd person singular; mostly used in literature.
FR: Il conduisit jusqu’à Paris sans s’arrêter.
EN: He drove to Paris without stopping.
Conjugation of conduire
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third conduisit

Napoléon conduisit ses troupes en Russie.

Napoleon led his troops into Russia.

Hitler conduisit l'Allemagne à la guerre.

Hitler led Germany into war.

La douleur d'avoir perdu sa famille le conduisit au suicide.

The pain of having lost his family drove him to suicide.

Mary conduisit ses enfants à l'école.

Mary drove her children to school.

La sécheresse conduisit à une pénurie de nourriture.

The drought led to a food shortage.

Son échec conduisit à sa démission.

His failure led to his resignation.

Une combinaison de plusieurs erreurs conduisit à l'accident.

A combination of several errors led to the accident.

Il conduisit la voiture.

He drove the car.