aread
aread verb: to soothsay, prophesy.
Verb
aread (third-person singular simple present areads, present participle areading, simple past and past participle ared)
- To soothsay, prophesy.
- To interpret; to explain.
- Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard,Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier....
- To advise, counsel.
- Me, all too meane, the ſacred Muſe areeds
To blazon broad emongſt her learned throng:1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 1 - But mark what I arreede thee now, avant;1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Me, all too meane, the ſacred Muſe areeds
Forms of aread
| third-person singular present | areads |
|---|---|
| present participle | areading |
| past participle | ared |
| past | ared |
| alternative form | arread |
| alternative form | areed |
| alternative form | arede |
| alternative form | arreede |
Origin of aread
From Old English arēdan, arǣdan, corresponding to a- + read. Cognate with German erraten.
Questions about aread
- What does aread mean?
- Aread means to soothsay, prophesy.
- What part of speech is aread?
- Aread is a verb.
- What is the past tense of aread?
- The past tense of aread is ared.
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