{ A‐read″, A‐reed″ } (�), v. t. [OE. areden, AS. ārǣdan to interpret. See Read.] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream.
Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
Spenser.
2. To read. Drayton.
3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.
But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt!
Milton.
4. To decree; to adjudge. Ld. Lytton.