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Rennet. See 3d Reed. |
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of Read |
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To advise; to counsel. |
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To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. |
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To tell; to declare; to recite. |
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To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or
recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of
language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to
peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to
read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a
book. |
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Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. |
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To discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
etc.; to learn by observation. |
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To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
to read theology or law. |
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To give advice or counsel. |
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To tell; to declare. |
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To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over
and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. |
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To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. |
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To learn by reading. |
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To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or
consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in
the early manuscripts. |
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To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence
reads queerly. |
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Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See
Rede. |
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Reading. |
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imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i. |
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Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. |
