Based on the dictionary definitions of "conduce," the most precise definition for ‘conducing’ as it is used in paragraph 2 is:
C. Definition 2 (to contribute).
I walked by the cows and the (mooed) at me. I went to the pool and got (splashed) on. The car that drove by went (vroom).
The Black River is a 125-mile-long blackwater river that empties into the eastern end of Lake Ontario on the shore of Jefferson County, New York in the United States.
The answer will be C gentle
