aread en · VERB
Etymology
From Old English arēdan, arǣdan, corresponding to a- + read. Cognate with German erraten.
Meanings
- (obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy.
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(obsolete) To interpret; to explain.
Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard,Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier. […], London: […] [Thomas Orwin] for William Ponsonby, […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete) To advise, counsel.
But mark what I arreede thee now, avant;
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 963:Me, all too meane, the ſacred Muſe areeds To blazon broad emongſt her learned throng:
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arread | alternative | lexicographic | |
| areading | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| areads | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ared | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ared | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| arede | alternative | lexicographic | |
| arreede | alternative | lexicographic | |
| areed | alternative | lexicographic |