Read1, n.
(reed), n. [A-S. ræd, counsel, from rædan, to counsel. Cf. infra.] Saying; sentence; hence, word; advice; decision; counsel; rede. [Obs.] Who dares dissent from this my read. Spenser.
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Read2, v. t.
v. t. [A-S. rǣdan, L. Ger. & D. raden, O. L. Ger. rādan, Icel. rāða, Dan. raade, O. H. Ger. rātan, N. H. Ger. rathen.] To advise; to rede. [Obs.]
Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. Tyndale.
Read3, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. READ (rĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. READING.] [A-S. rēdan, to read, declare; N. H. Ger. reden, to speak; O. H. Ger. redôn, redôn, O. Sax. rethôn, Icel. ráða, O. Fries. radia, reda, re-dia, reth, Goth. rodjan, to speak, to read, rathjan, to speak, to count.]
Sense 1. 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, whether written, printed, engraved, or the like; 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 paper or letter without uttering the words.
Sense 2. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Who is't can read a woman? Shak.
Sense 3. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, &c.; to gather the meaning of by inspection; 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. Shak.
Sense 4. To suppose; to guess. [Obs.] Spenser.
Read4, v. i.
(reed), v. i. 1. To perform the act of reading; to peruse a book or other like document. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neb. viii. 8. 2. To be studious; to practice much reading. 'Tis sure that Fleury reads. Taylor. 3. To learn by reading. I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. Swift.
- To tell; to declare. [Obs.] Spencer.
- To appear in reading; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
Read5, a.
(rēd), a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. “A poet well read in Longinus.” Addison.