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belead

belead verb: to lead away.

Verb

belead (third-person singular simple present beleads, present participle beleading, simple past and past participle beled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lead away.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To lead; conduct.

Forms of belead

third-person singular presentbeleads
present participlebeleading
past participlebeled
pastbeled

Origin of belead

From Middle English beleden, from Old English belǣdan (“to lead astray”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaidijan, equivalent to be- + lead. Cognate with Dutch beleiden, German beleiten.

Questions about belead

What does belead mean?
Belead means to lead away.
What part of speech is belead?
Belead is a verb.
What is the past tense of belead?
The past tense of belead is beled.

Words near belead in the dictionary

  1. Belden
  2. Beldens
  3. Belding
  4. Belding's ground squirrel
  5. Beldings
  6. belead
  7. beleading
  8. beleads
  9. beleaguer
  10. beleaguered
  11. beleaguerer

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