Beread

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of berede. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate. archaic, transitive

    "I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere."

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"I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere."

Etymology

From Middle English bereden, bireden (“to advise, deliberate”), from Old English berǣdan (“to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”), equivalent to be- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beräide (“to advise”), German Low German beraden (“to advise”), German beraten (“to advise, deliberate”).

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