English Explanatory Dictionary

forlead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To mislead; seduce.
verb
  1. Alternative form of forelead (“lead forward, lead before”)

Word forms

forlead forleads forleading forled

Etymology

From Middle English forleden, from Old English forlǣdan (“to mislead, seduce; lead off and away”), from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan, equivalent to for- + lead. Cognate with Dutch verleiden (“to seduce, tempt, entice”), German verleiten (“entice, mislead”), Old Saxon farlēdian.

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