(heading) To guide or conduct.
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.
(heading) To begin, to be ahead.
To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
to lead someone to a righteous cause
To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices
To produce (with to).
The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
(transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
Under somebody's control or leadership.