beread
beread verb: to advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate. Also the alternative form of berede.
Verb
beread (third-person singular simple present bereads, present participle bereading, simple past and past participle beread)
- To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
- I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere.1852, Jean Palsgrave, François Génin, L'éclaircissement de la langue française par Jean Palsgrave, original publication 1530
- And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them.1923, Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), O. Henry memorial award prize stories
Also used as
beread is also the alternative form of berede.
Forms of beread
| third-person singular present | bereads |
|---|---|
| present participle | bereading |
| past participle | beread |
| past | beread |
Origin of beread
From Middle English bereden, bireden (“to advise, deliberate”), from Old English berǣdan (“to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”), equivalent to be- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beräide (“to advise”), German Low German beraden (“to advise”), German beraten (“to advise, deliberate”).
Words that rhyme with beread
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- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about beread
- What does beread mean?
- Beread means to advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
- What part of speech is beread?
- Beread is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beread?
- The past tense of beread is beread.
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