verb
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(heading) To guide or conduct.
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To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
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(heading) To begin, to be ahead.
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To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
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to lead someone to a righteous cause
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To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
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the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices
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To produce (with to).
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The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
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(transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).