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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Read \Read\, n. Rennet. See 3d {Reed}. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Read \Read\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read}; p. pr & vb n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS r[=ae]dan to read, advice, counsel, fr r[=ae]d advise, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a, Goth. r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh to succeed. [root]116. Cf Riddle.] 1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See {Rede}. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. 2. To interpret; to explain; as to read a riddle. 3. To tell to declare; to recite. [Obs.] But read how art thou named and of what kin. --Spenser. 4. 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. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. 5. Hence to know fully; to comprehend. Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. 7. To make a special study of as by perusing textbooks; as to read theology or law. {To read one's self in}, to read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Read \Read\, n. [AS. r[=ae]d counsel, fr r[=ae]dan to counsel. See {Read}, v. t.] 1. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence word advice; counsel. See {Rede}. [Obs.] 2. [{Read}, v.] Reading. [Colloq.] --Hume. One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read. --Furnivall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Read \Read\, a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. A poet . . . well read in Longinus. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Read \Read\, imp. & p. p. of {Read}, v. t. & i. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Read \Read\, v. t. 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.] 2. To tell to declare. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense --Neh. viii. 8. 4. To study by reading; as he read for the bar. 5. To learn by reading. I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. --Swift. 6. 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. 7. To produce a certain effect when read; as that sentence reads queerly. {To read between the lines}, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: read adj : having been read; often used in combination; "a widely read newspaper" [ant: {unread}] n : something that is read; "the article was a very good read" v 1: interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" 2: have or contain a certain wording or form "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: {say}] 3: look at interpreted, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The proclamation will be read" 4: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" [syn: {scan}] 5: interpret the significance of as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior" 6: interpret something in a certain way convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; You can't take credit for this!" [syn: {take}] 7: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: {learn}, {study}, {take}] 8: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: {register}, {show}, {record}] 9: to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" 10: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: {understand}, {interpret}, {translate}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: READ Relative Element Address Designate (cryptography)
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