arread
arread · arreads · arread · arreading
To declare; tell; interpret; explainTo declare; tell; interpret; explain.
Meaning
4 senses(archaic, transitive)To declare; tell; interpret; explain.
(archaic, transitive)To counsel; advise; direct; teach.
(archaic, transitive)To guess; conjecture.
(archaic, transitive)To read.
Origin
From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“tFrom earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀrādan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”).
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Forms
arreads, arreading, arread, arreadLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle