Read — Defs

01 n. Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Rennet. See 3d Reed.[Prov. Eng.] See: Reed

02 v. t. To advise; to counsel.

imp. & p. p. Read; p. pr. & vb. n. Reading

1.
To advise; to counsel.[Obs.]
“Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine.” — Tyndale.
2.
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
3.
To tell; to declare; to recite.[Obs.]
“But read how art thou named, and of what kin.” — Spenser.
4.
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.
“Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.” — Chaucer.

“Well could he rede a lesson or a story.” — Chaucer.
5.
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
“Who is't can read a woman?” — Shak.
6.
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; 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.
7.
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.

Phrases & compounds

To read one's self in — to read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.

03 v. i. To give advice or counsel.

1.
To give advice or counsel.[Obs.]
2.
To tell; to declare.[Obs.]
3.
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
“So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense.” — Neh. viii. 8.
4.
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
5.
To learn by reading.
“I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence.” — Swift.
6.
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.
7.
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.

Phrases & compounds

To read between the lines — to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.

04 n. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

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Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.[Obs.] See: Rede
2.
Reading.[Colloq.]
“One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read.” — Furnivall.

05 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

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imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i. See: Read

06 a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

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Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
“A poet . . . well read in Longinus.” — Addison.