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aread (iou)



aread verb & noun. .
[Old English aredan, formed as A-1 + READ verb. Branch A.II from A-1 + READ verb.]
A. verb trans.
I. Divine, prophesy; make known, declare. OE-M17.
Divine the meaning of; interpret, solve. OE.
W. Morris So is thy dream areded.
Guess, conjecture. ME.
Southey Rightly he ared the Maid's intent.
II.
Counsel, advise. M16.
Milton Let me arreed him, not to be the foreman of any mis-judg'd opinion.
Decide, adjudge. L16.
Spenser Thereby Sir Artegall did plaine areed That unto him the horse belong'd.
B. noun. Counsel, advice. L16-E19.