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forthlead

forthlead verb: to lead forth.

Verb

forthlead (third-person singular simple present forthleads, present participle forthleading, simple past and past participle forthled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lead forth.

Forms of forthlead

third-person singular presentforthleads
present participleforthleading
past participleforthled
pastforthled

Origin of forthlead

From Middle English forthleden, from Old English forþlǣdan. Calque of Latin prōdūcere (“to lead forth”). Equivalent to forth- + lead.

Questions about forthlead

What does forthlead mean?
Forthlead means to lead forth.
What part of speech is forthlead?
Forthlead is a verb.
What is the past tense of forthlead?
The past tense of forthlead is forthled.

Words near forthlead in the dictionary

  1. forthgoings
  2. forthink
  3. forthinketh
  4. forthinking
  5. forthinks
  6. forthlead
  7. forthleading
  8. forthleads
  9. forthleap
  10. forthleaping
  11. forthleaps

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