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forlead

forlead verb: to mislead; seduce. Also the alternative form of forelead.

Verb

forlead (third-person singular simple present forleads, present participle forleading, simple past and past participle forled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mislead; seduce.

Also used as

forlead is also the alternative form of forelead.

Forms of forlead

third-person singular presentforleads
present participleforleading
past participleforled
pastforled

Origin of forlead

From Middle English forleden, from Old English forlǣdan (“to mislead, seduce; lead off and away”), from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan, equivalent to for- + lead. Cognate with Dutch verleiden (“to seduce, tempt, entice”), German verleiten (“entice, mislead”), Old Saxon farlēdian.

From for- (“fore-”) + lead.

Questions about forlead

What does forlead mean?
Forlead means to mislead; seduce.
What part of speech is forlead?
Forlead is a verb.
What is the past tense of forlead?
The past tense of forlead is forled.

Words near forlead in the dictionary

  1. forlat
  2. forlats
  3. forlay
  4. forlaying
  5. forlays
  6. forlead
  7. forleading
  8. forleads
  9. forleave
  10. forleaves
  11. forleaving

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