Conducted (3)
I believe the answer is:
led
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">conducted</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for led that I've seen before include "sort of light" , "Conducted" , "Paved the way" , "Went ahead" , "Influenced" .)