aread
transitive verb
variants or areed
əˈrēd
ared
əˈred
; ared; areading or areeding; areads or areeds 1
obsolete : to make known : declare, tell
2
archaic : to explain the meaning of : interpret
rightly he ared the maid's intent
Robert Southey
Robert Southey3
obsolete : to give counsel to : advise
4
archaic : adjudge, decree
did plain areed that unto him the horse belonged Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser
Word History
Etymology
Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, from ā- (perfective prefix) + rǣdan to advise, explain, read