Definition of lead

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Lead (v. t.) 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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Plumbum :: Plumbum (n.) The technical name of lead. See Lead.
Hypnagogic :: Hypnagogic (a.) Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.
Entry :: Entry (n.) That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine..
Conductress :: Conductress (n.) A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
Leader :: Leader (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article..
Ceruse :: Ceruse (n.) The native carbonate of lead.
Leady :: Leady (a.) Resembling lead.
Deceiver :: Deceiver (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Unplumb :: Unplumb (v. t.) To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin..
Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Lademan :: Lademan (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..
Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..
Overlead :: Overlead (v. t.) To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity.
Jarl :: "Jarl (n.) A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions..
Seductive :: Seductive (a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer..
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