LED

(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

Example: "To lead someone to a righteous cause"

To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.

Example: "The path leads to the mill;  gambling leads to other vices"

To produce (with to).

Example: "The shock led to a change in his behaviour."

(transitive) to live or experience (a particular way of life).