| Read (read) |
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| n. | (r***emacr]d) |
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| Read |
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| v. t. | (r***emacr]d) |
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| Read |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Read (r&ebreve]d); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Reading.] [OE. reden, ræ]den,
AS. r***aemacr]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr.
r***aemacr]d advice, |
To advise; to counsel.
To interpret; to explain; as, to
read a riddle.
To tell; to declare; to recite.
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.
Hence, to know fully; to
comprehend.
To discover or understand by characters,
marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
To make a special study of, as by perusing
textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
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To
give advice or counsel.
To tell; to declare.
To perform the act of reading; to peruse,
or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like
document.
To study by reading; as, he read for
the bar.
To learn by reading.
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.
To produce a certain effect when read; as,
that sentence reads queerly.
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Saying; sentence; maxim; hence,
word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
Reading.
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| imp. *** p. p. | (r d) |
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| Read |
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imp. *** p. p. of
Read, v. t. & i.
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| Read (read) |
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| a. | (r&ebreve]d) |
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| Read |
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Instructed or
knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
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