1) to lead forward, lead forth
    1a) one from a place in which he has lain hidden from view, as
        from a prison
    1b) in a forensic sense, to bring one forth to trial
 2) to go before
    2a) preceding, prior in time, previous
    2b) to proceed, go forward
        2b1) in a bad sense, to go further than is right. or proper