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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inlead en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English inleden (“to lead or bring in, introduce”), from Old English inlǣdan (“to lead in, bring in, introduce, conduct”), equivalent to in- + lead. Cognate with Dutch inleiden (“to initiate; introduce”), German einleiten (“to initiate; introduce”), Danish indlede (“to introduce”), Swedish inleda (“to introduce”).

Meanings

  1. A conduit, channel or wire leading into a container or device.
    • a cathode inlead
    • inlead tube

Forms

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inleads Number=Plur lexicographic

inlead en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English inleden (“to lead or bring in, introduce”), from Old English inlǣdan (“to lead in, bring in, introduce, conduct”), equivalent to in- + lead. Cognate with Dutch inleiden (“to initiate; introduce”), German einleiten (“to initiate; introduce”), Danish indlede (“to introduce”), Swedish inleda (“to introduce”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To lead into; conduct.
    • Helge Lundholm new afferent or inleading processes might be set up tending, themselves, towards the mathematical point of interaction
  2. To lead from within.
    • Emanuel Swedenborg When man is in the former state, the Lord inflows and inleads immediately

Forms

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inleads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
inled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inled Tense=Past lexicographic
inleading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

inleading