onlead
onlead verb: to lead on or forward.
Verb
onlead (third-person singular simple present onleads, present participle onleading, simple past and past participle onled)
- To lead on or forward.
- Thus did the guardian of his crystal cup onlead him in the quest of strength and speed, forewise of that dire approaching day when strength against strength, speed against speed, life against life, he and his mortal foe should be swung […]1909, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
- The little suggestions of look and tone; the easy fibs and bigger lies; the tricks of persuasion, the onleading wiles — all these I could not master.1918, Michael Williams, The Book of the High Romance: A Spiritual Autobiography, page 41
Forms of onlead
| third-person singular present | onleads |
|---|---|
| present participle | onleading |
| past participle | onled |
| past | onled |
Origin of onlead
From on- + lead. Cognate with Dutch aanleiden (“to lead on, lead further”), German anleiten (“to guide, instruct, teach, direct”).
Questions about onlead
- What does onlead mean?
- Onlead means to lead on or forward.
- What part of speech is onlead?
- Onlead is a verb.
- What is the past tense of onlead?
- The past tense of onlead is onled.
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