English Explanatory Dictionary

arread

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To declare; tell; interpret; explain.
  2. To counsel; advise; direct; teach.
  3. To guess; conjecture.
  4. To read.
noun
  1. Advice; discourse; narration.

Word forms

arread arreads arreading arreed aread areed arede

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”).

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