v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Read p. pr. & vb. n. Reading. ] [ OE. reden, ræden, AS. r&aemacr_;dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r&aemacr_;d advice, counsel, r&aemacr_;dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. rāða, Goth. rēdan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. rādh to succeed. √116. Cf. Riddle. ] 1. To advise; to counsel. [ Obs. ] See Rede. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But read how art thou named, and of what kin. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

Redeth [ read ye ] the great poet of Itaille. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well could he rede a lesson or a story. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who is't can read a woman? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

An armed corse did lie,
In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. [ 1913 Webster ]

To read one's self in, to read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. [ 1913 Webster ]

A poet . . . well read in Longinus. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To give advice or counsel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tell; to declare. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. [ 1913 Webster ]

So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neh. viii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To learn by reading. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. r&aemacr_;d counsel, fr. r&aemacr_;dan to counsel. See Read, v. t. ] 1. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Read, v. ] Reading. [ Colloq. ] Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read. Furnivall. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being readable; readableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. -- Read"a*ble*ness, n. -- Read"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To address a second time; -- often used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster ]

He readdressed himself to her. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + L. adeptus, p. p. of adipisci to obtain. ] To regain; to recover. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]