Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic)To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.

Origin

From Middle English bereden, bireden (“to advise, deliberate”), from Old English berǣdan (

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”).

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Forms

bereads, bereading, beread, beread
Base formberead · to beread
3rd person singularbereads
Present participlebereading
Past simpleberead
Past participleberead

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyberead
he, she, itbereads

Past simpleLesson

all personsberead

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beread
he, she, ithas beread

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beread

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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