inlead

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verb

To lead into; conduct.

“inlead tube”

OriginMiddle English inleden ← Old English inlǣdan →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person inleads · participle present inleading · participle past inled · past inled

  1. transitivebusinessTo lead into; conduct.

    Helge Lundholm new afferent or inleading processes might be set up tending, themselves, towards the mathematical point of interaction

  2. lifestyleTo lead from within.

    Emanuel Swedenborg When man is in the former state, the Lord inflows and inleads immediately

nouninlead (plural inleads)

plural inleads

  1. businessA conduit, channel or wire leading into a container or device.

    inlead tube

    1 more example

    a cathode inlead

Origin

  1. Old Englishinlǣdan“to lead in, bring in, introduce, conduct”
  2. Middle Englishinleden“to lead or bring in, introduce”
  3. Englishinlead

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”).

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“inlead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inlead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inlead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inlead.

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