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# leadest

verb, old form used with thou

«leadest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«leadest» means «you lead», a form of «lead»: To lead (leed) is to go in front and show the way, or to be in charge of a group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/leadest/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou leadest» = «you lead».

### Examples

- “O mighty Death! thy silence teaches nought, Thou leadest only to the near grave's brink; Is broken now the ladder of my thoughts? (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/leadest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you lead.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «leadest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/leadest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«leadest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/leadest.html) on Mova free.