delead

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/diːˈlɛd/

verb

To remove the lead (metal) from.

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Meanings

verbdelead (third-person singular simple present deleads, present participle deleading, simple past and past participle deleaded)

present singular third person deleads · participle present deleading · participle past deleaded · past deleaded

  1. transitiveTo remove the lead (metal) from.

    Most feel that the deleading should be carried out only in the hospital and with adequate laboratory checks, although Belknap, cited above, deleads patients in mild cases while they are ambulatory but under close supervision.

    1941, Rutherford Thompson Johnstone, Occupational diseases: diagnosis, medicolegal aspects and treatment

Origin

From de- + lead.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

leaded
Cite this entry
APA

delead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delead

MLA

“delead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delead.

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