aread

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aread - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aread \A*read"\, Areed \A*reed"\, v. t. [OE. areden, AS.
     [=a]r[=ae]dan to interpret. See Read.]
     1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to
        guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.]
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              Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To read. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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     3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.
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              But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! --Milton.
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     4. To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] --Ld. Lytton.
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