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ared

ared is the simple past and past participle of aread.

Meaning of aread

Verb

aread (third-person singular simple present areads, present participle areading, simple past and past participle ared)

  1. (obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy.
  2. (obsolete) 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....
  3. (obsolete) 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

Questions about ared

What is ared the simple past and past participle of?
Ared is the simple past and past participle of aread.

Words near ared in the dictionary

  1. arecoid
  2. arecolin
  3. arecoline
  4. arecolines
  5. Arecuna
  6. ared
  7. aredd
  8. arede
  9. aredes
  10. areding
  11. AREDYLD

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