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Areed, Aread v. t.

To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. (Obs.) "Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case."

To read. (Obs.)

To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. "But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt!"

To decree; to adjudge. (Archaic)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Areed" Quotes from Famous Books

... is told of St. Areed, who went to show the king of Abyssinia a musical instrument he had invented. His majesty rested the head of his spear on the saint's foot, and leaned with both his hands on the spear while he listened to the music. St. Areed, ...

— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer

... then, whom onely it concernes, To me those secret causes to display; 50 For none but you, or who of you it learnes, Can rightfully aread so dolefull lay. Begin, thou eldest sister of the crew, And let the rest ...

— The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser