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arread

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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”).

verb arreads · arreading · arread · arreed · aread

archaic, transitive To declare; tell; interpret; explain. But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; …
archaic, transitive To counsel; advise; direct; teach. My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads, Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; …
archaic, transitive To guess; conjecture. Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!
archaic, transitive To read. You arread me aright.

noun arreed · aread · areed · arede

Advice; discourse; narration.

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@misc{arread_2026,
  title = {arread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}