verb · irregular · transitive · rare

rede

rede · redes · red / redd · reding

To govern, protectTo govern, protect.

/ɹiːd/

Meaning

4 senses

(UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To govern, protect.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To discuss, deliberate.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To advise.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.

More definitions

give advice to
give an interpretation or explanation to

Origin

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, desig

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

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Forms

redes, reding, red, red

Base form	rede · to rede
3rd person singular	redes
Present participle	reding
Past simple	red / redd
Past participle	red / redd

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	rede
he, she, it	redes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

red

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have red
he, she, it	has red

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will rede

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Close in meaning

give advice to:advise counsel
give an interpretation or explanation to:interpret

Word family

Lessons 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