Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Ridúrre, v. a. (V. condurre,)
1. to cause to return, to bring back; 2. to reduce, change, convert.— in polvere, to reduce to powder; 3. to introduce; 4. to take occasion. — ad effetto, to finish, complete. — alla memoria,to recall to mind. — a nulla, to annihilate. — in vita, to recall to life, to revive. — un cavallo, to break in a horse. — un'iliade in un guscio, to say much in few words; v. r. 1. to assemble together; 2. to be induced to do a thing. — a mente, to remember, call to mind.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
ridurre: or dótto, to reduce, to bring vnto or lead backe safe againe, to rebring.
