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   Lead , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Leading.]
   To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
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   (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
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   Lead , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Led ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leading.] [OE. leden, AS. lǣdan (akin to OS. lēdian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. leīða, Sw. leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. liðan to go; akin to OHG. līdan, Icel. līða, Goth. leiþan (in comp.).  Cf. Lode, Loath.]
   To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact or connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
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   If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch.
   Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.)
   
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   They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill.
   Luke iv. 29.
   
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   In thy right hand lead with thee
   The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.
   Milton.
   
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   To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of.  Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
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   The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
   Ex. xiii. 21.
   
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   He leadeth me beside the still waters.
   Ps. xxiii. 2.
   
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   This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.
   Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
   Milton.
   
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   To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
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   Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places.
   South.
   
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   To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
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   As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.
   Fairfax.
   
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   And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
   Leigh Hunt.
   
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   To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
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   He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.
   Eikon Basilike.
   
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   Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts.
   2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.).
   
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   To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
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   That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.
   1 Tim. ii. 2.
   
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   Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
   A life that leads melodious days.
   Tennyson.
   
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   You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter.
   Dickens.
   
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   (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
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   To lead astray, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude. -- To lead captive, to carry or bring into captivity. -- To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. Goldsmith.
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   Leading , a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly, adv.
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   Leading case (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Abbott. -- Leading motive [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the musical drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.  Also called leitmotif or leitmotiv. -- Leading note (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. -- Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. -- Leading strings, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. -- To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. -- Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.
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   Leading, n.
   The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
   Shak.
   
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   Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic]
   Bacon.
   
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