† inredev.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To interpret, explain the meaning of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)]
unloukOE
areadOE
spele?c1225
inredec1315
expounda1340
construe1399
interpretate1517
explain1538
scan1562
disentraverse1610
unspherea1616
explicate1628
spell1635
disenvelop1741
extract1775
interpret1795
clarify1823
read1847
to read between the lines1866
c1315 Shoreham 7 That we ne mowe hyt nauȝt i-se, Ne forthe ine bodie inrede.
2. intransitive. To read.
ΚΠ
c1449 [see inreding n. at Derivatives].
Derivatives
inˈreding n.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > reading > [noun]
readingeOE
lecture1398
inredingc1449
lection1669
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 37 Tho lay persoones, whiche weenen bi her inreding in the Bible forto come into more kunnyng than thei or alle the men in erthe—clerkis and othere—mowe come to.
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