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AREADING
AREAD
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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