Definition of lead

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Lead (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils..

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Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea..
False :: False (a.) To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
Electrode :: Electrode (n.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current..
Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected..
Deepen :: Deepen (v. i.) To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens..
Equivocation :: Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York..
Leam :: Leam (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog.
Fugleman :: Fugleman (n.) Hence, one who leads the way..
Animosity :: Animosity (v. t.) Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Woodbury-type :: Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing..
Lead :: Lead (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing..
To :: To (prep.) As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; th
Mislead :: Mislead (v. t.) To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
Leader :: Leader (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor..
Moot :: Moot (v. i.) To argue or plead in a supposed case.
Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead..
Inconvertibility :: Inconvertibility (n.) The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold..
Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology..
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