- (v.t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.
- (n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.
- (v.t.) To advise; to counsel.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Read.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
- (v.i.) 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.
- imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
- (v.t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
- (v.) Reading.
- (v.i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
- (v.t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
- (v.i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
- (v.t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
- (v.t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
- (v.i.) To give advice or counsel.
- (v.i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
- (v.i.) To learn by reading.
- (a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
- (v.i.) To tell; to declare.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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