Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To lead away.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To lead; conduct.

Origin

From Middle English beleden, from Old English belǣdan (“to lead astray”), from Proto-West

From Middle English beleden, from Old English belǣdan (“to lead astray”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaidijan, equivalent to be- + lead. Cognate with Dutch beleiden, German beleiten.

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Forms

beleads, beleading, beled, beled
Base formbelead · to belead
3rd person singularbeleads
Present participlebeleading
Past simplebeled
Past participlebeled

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybelead
he, she, itbeleads

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beled
he, she, ithas beled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill belead

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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