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beread

verb

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”).

  1. inherited from berǣdan — “to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”
  2. inherited from bereden

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of berede.

  2. To advise

    To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.

    • I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere.
    • And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them.

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