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arreading

arreading is the present participle and gerund of arread.

Meaning of arread

Verb

arread (third-person singular simple present arreads, present participle arreading, simple past and past participle arread)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To declare; tell; interpret; explain.
    • But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; …1808, The cabinet of poetry
  2. (archaic, transitive) To counsel; advise; direct; teach.
    • My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads, Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; …1850, William Hamilton (of Bangour), The poems and songs of William Hamilton of Bangour
  3. (archaic, transitive) To guess; conjecture.
    • Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!1831, Henry Rich, The daughter of Herodias
  4. (archaic, transitive) To read.
    • You arread me aright.1971, James T. Boulton, Samuel Johnson's Taxation No Tyranny

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Questions about arreading

What is arreading the present participle and gerund of?
Arreading is the present participle and gerund of arread.

Words near arreading in the dictionary

  1. arrayments
  2. arrays
  3. Arrazola
  4. Arrazolas
  5. arread
  6. arreading
  7. arreads
  8. Arreaga
  9. Arreagas
  10. arrear
  11. arrearage

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