English Dictionary: Aread | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Aread \A*read"\, Areed \A*reed"\, v. t. [OE. areden, AS. [be]r[aemac]dan 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. |