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belead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-lead
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lead away.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To lead; conduct.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English beleden, from Old English belǣdan (“to lead astray”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaidijan, equivalent to be- + lead. Cognate with Dutch beleiden, German beleiten.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

beleads (present, singular) beleading (participle, present) beled (participle, past) beled (past)

Questions

What does belead mean?
To lead away.
Where does belead come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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