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arread

verb

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from *uzrēdaną✻ — “to guess”
  2. inherited from *uʀrādan✻
  3. inherited from ārǣdan
  4. inherited from areden

Definitions

  1. To declare

    To declare; tell; interpret; explain.

    • But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; …
    • His hall resounds!―amaz'd the stranger wight Arreads it all as done to him in fell despight.
    • Nothing but mirth can conquer fortune's spite; No sky is heavy, if the heart be light: Patience is sorrow's salve; what can't be cur'd, So Donald right arreads, must be endur'd.

  2. To counsel

    To counsel; advise; direct; teach.

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

  3. To guess

    To guess; conjecture.

    • Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!
    • Now, good Christe arread, and gesse whoe gaue thee the buffet?
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To read.

      • You arread me aright.

    2. Advice

      Advice; discourse; narration.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA