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inlead

inlead verb: to lead into; conduct.

Verb

inlead (third-person singular simple present inleads, present participle inleading, simple past and past participle inled)

  1. (transitive) To lead into; conduct.
    • Helge Lundholm
      new afferent or inleading processes might be set up tending, themselves, towards the mathematical point of interaction
  2. To lead from within.
    • Emanuel Swedenborg
      When man is in the former state, the Lord inflows and inleads immediately

Noun

inlead (plural inleads)

  1. A conduit, channel or wire leading into a container or device.
    • a cathode inlead
    • inlead tube

Forms of inlead

Verb
third-person singular presentinleads
present participleinleading
past participleinled
pastinled
Noun
pluralinleads

Origin of inlead

From Middle English inleden (“to lead or bring in, introduce”), from Old English inlǣdan (“to lead in, bring in, introduce, conduct”), equivalent to in- + lead. Cognate with Dutch inleiden (“to initiate; introduce”), German einleiten (“to initiate; introduce”), Danish indlede (“to introduce”), Swedish inleda (“to introduce”).

Words formed from inlead

Questions about inlead

What does inlead mean?
Inlead means to lead into; conduct.
What part of speech is inlead?
Inlead can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of inlead?
The past tense of inlead is inled.

Words near inlead in the dictionary

  1. inlayer
  2. inlayers
  3. inlaying
  4. inlayings
  5. inlays
  6. inlead
  7. inleading
  8. inleads
  9. inleague
  10. inleagues
  11. inleak

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