Arread

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Advice; discourse; narration.
Verb
  1. 1
    To declare; tell; interpret; explain. archaic, transitive

    "But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; …"

  2. 2
    To counsel; advise; direct; teach. archaic, transitive

    "My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads, Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; …"

  3. 3
    To guess; conjecture. archaic, transitive

    "Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!"

  4. 4
    To read. archaic, transitive

    "You arread me aright."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀrādan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”).

Etymology 2

From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀrādan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”).

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