AREAD

Etymology

Verb

aread (third-person singular simple present areads, present participle areading, simple past and past participle ared)

(obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy. [11th-17th c.]

(obsolete) To interpret; to explain. [11th-19th c.]

(obsolete) To advise, counsel. [16th-17th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


A*read", A*reed", v. t. Etym: [OE. areden, AS. ar to interpret. See Read.]

1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.] Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser.

2. To read. [Obs.] Drayton.

3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton.

4. To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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