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onleading

onleading is the present participle and gerund of onlead.

Meaning of onlead

Verb

onlead (third-person singular simple present onleads, present participle onleading, simple past and past participle onled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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

Questions about onleading

What is onleading the present participle and gerund of?
Onleading is the present participle and gerund of onlead.

Words near onleading in the dictionary

  1. onlaps
  2. onlay
  3. onlaying
  4. onlays
  5. onlead
  6. onleading
  7. onleads
  8. onled
  9. onlend
  10. onlending
  11. onlends

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