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Webster 1913 Edition


Areed

{

A-read′

,

A-reed′

}
,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
areden
, AS.
ārǣdan
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Areed

AREE'D

,
Verb.
T.
To counsel; to advise. Obs.