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Webster 1913 Edition

Read

Read

(rēd)
,
Noun.
Rennet. See 3d
Reed
.
[Prov. Eng.]

Read

(rēd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Read
(rĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reading
.]
[OE.
reden
,
ræden
, AS.
rǣdan
to read, advise, counsel, fr.
rǣd
advice, counsel,
rǣdan
(imperf.
reord
) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D.
raden
to advise, G.
raten
,
rathen
, Icel.
rāða
, Goth.
rēdan
(in comp.), and perh. also to Skr.
rādh
to succeed. √116. Cf.
Riddle
.]
1.
To advise; to counsel.
[Obs.]
See
Rede
.
Therefore, I
read
thee, get thee to God’s word, and thereby try all doctrine.
Tyndale.
2.
To interpret; to explain;
as, to
read
a riddle
.
3.
To tell; to declare; to recite.
[Obs.]
But
read
how art thou named, and of what kin.
Spenser.
4.
To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse;
as, to
read
a discourse; to
read
the letters of an alphabet; to
read
figures; to
read
the notes of music, or to
read
music; to
read
a book.
Redeth
[read ye] the great poet of Itaille.
Chaucer.
Well could he
rede
a lesson or a story.
Chaucer.
5.
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Who is't can
read
a woman?
Shakespeare
6.
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
An armed corse did lie,
In whose dead face he
read
great magnanimity.
Spenser.
Those about her
From her shall
read
the perfect ways of honor.
Shakespeare
7.
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks;
as, to
read
theology or law
.
To read one's self in
,
to read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, – required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.

Read

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To give advice or counsel.
[Obs.]
2.
To tell; to declare.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
So they
read
in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense.
Neh. viii. 8.
4.
To study by reading;
as, he
read
for the bar
.
5.
To learn by reading.
I have
read
of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence.
Swift.
6.
To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters;
as, the passage
reads
thus in the early manuscripts
.
7.
To produce a certain effect when read;
as, that sentence
reads
queerly
.
To read between the lines
,
to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.

Read

,
Noun.
[AS.
rǣd
counsel, fr.
rǣdan
to counsel. See
Read
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See
Rede
.
[Obs.]
2.
[
Read
,
Verb.
]
Reading.
[Colloq.]
Hume.
One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a
read
.
Furnivall.

Read

(rĕd)
,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Read
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.

Read

(rĕd)
,
Adj.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
A poet . . . well
read
in Longinus.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Read

READ

,
Noun.
[See the Verb.]
1.
Counsel. [Obs.]
2.
Saying; sentence. Obs.

READ

,
Verb.
T.
The preterit and pp. read, is pronounced red. [Gr. to say or tell, to flow; a speaker, a rhetorician. The primary sense of read is to speak, to utter, that is, to push, drive or advance. This is also the primary sense of ready, that is, prompt or advancing, quick. L. gratia, the primary sense of which is prompt to favor, advancing towards, free. The elements of these words are the same as those of ride and L. gradior, &c. The sense of reason is secondary, that which is uttered, said or set forth; hence counsel also. See Ready.]
1.
To utter or pronounce written or printed words, letters or characters in the proper order; to repeat the names or utter the sounds customarily annexed to words, letters or characters; as, to read a written or printed discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music.
2.
To inspect and understand words or characters; to peruse silently; as, to read a paper or letter without uttering the words; to read to one's self.
3.
To discover or understand by characters, marks or features; as, to read a man's thoughts in his countenance.
To read the interior structure of the globe.
An armed corse did lie, in whose dead face he read great magnanimity.
4.
To learn by observation.
Those about her from her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
5.
To know fully.
Who is't can read a woman?
6.
To suppose; to guess. Obs.
7.
To advise. Obs.

READ

, v.i.
1.
To perform the act of reading.
So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neh. 8.
2.
To be studious; to practice much reading.
It is sure that Fleury roads.
3.
To learn by reading.
I have read of an eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence.
4.
To tell; to declare. [Not in use.]

READ

,
pp.
red.
1.
Uttered; pronounced, as written words in the proper order; as, the letter was read to the family.
2.
Silently perused.

READ

,
Adj.
red.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. Well read is the phrase commonly used; as well read in history; well read in the classics.
A poet well read in Longinus -

Definition 2024

réad

réad

See also: read and Read

Irish

Noun

réad m ‎(genitive singular réada, nominative plural réada)

  1. (literary) thing
  2. object
Declension
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Etymology 2

From Old Irish rét.

Noun

réad m ‎(genitive singular réada, nominative plural réada)

  1. (literary, astronomy) star
Declension
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Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

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