inlead

English

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”).

Verb

inlead (third-person singular simple present inleads, present participle inleading, simple past and past participle inled)

1. (transitive, mechanical and electrical) To lead into; conduct.
   • Helge Lundholm

     new afferent or inleading processes might be set up tending, themselves, towards the mathematical point of interaction

2. (religion) To lead from within.
   • Emanuel Swedenborg

     When man is in the former state, the Lord inflows and inleads immediately

Derived terms

• inleading

Noun

inlead (plural inleads)

1. (mechanical and electrical) A conduit, channel or wire leading into a container or device.

   a cathode inlead

   inlead tube

Anagrams

• lead-in, denial, denail, Leanid, Aldine, Denali, alined, nailed, Eiland, dienal, Delian, Daniel, lained, leadin', deal in, Delina, lead in, daniel, enlaid, dealin'