Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), n. Rennet. See 3d {Reed}. [Prov. Eng.]
Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read} (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, 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 thee 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 aloud 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.
Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read} (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, 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 thee 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 aloud 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.
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.
Read \Read\, v. i. 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.
Read \Read\ (r[e^]d), imp. & p. p. of {Read}, v. t. & i.
Read \Read\ (r[e^]d), a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
A poet . . . well read in Longinus. --Addison.
I don't read much into the market being up on a day like this." Technology stocks were among the strongest, with shares of several companies gaining after product introductions.
And then we read the stories again.
"The way I read it, it's an attempt to show the lengths that the art community will go to thumb their noses at government grants," said Jack Morrissey, an associate editor at Universal Press Syndicate.
I am sure it is radio-active. Imagine my amazement, then, every time I read an article about efforts to re-establish the Thames as a river fit for salmon.
Its compassion, conviction and lyricism have caused it to be read by millions around the world in 20 languages.
"Some people don't understand what they read," said Mrs. Smith, head of the tenant association. "I feel like somebody is ballooning things out of proportion.
One banner read "Pay back the blood debt." Police monitored the march but did not interfere, said one 18-year-old marcher.
This took an hour and 45 minutes, the first part of which involved standing in a long queue in front of a sign that read not "Foreigners" or "Nonresidents," but "Aliens."
"I think those who would argue that it is protectionist should be required to read it first," Archey said.
I'm not going to tell you what it is; just read it and call me back.' "When I opened the package and read `Arthur on the Rocks,' I said, `Oh, wait a minute, is this a good idea?'
I'm not going to tell you what it is; just read it and call me back.' "When I opened the package and read `Arthur on the Rocks,' I said, `Oh, wait a minute, is this a good idea?'
He carries a book to read, with pictures of his attorney wife and two-year-old daughter tucked inside.
"Today's reversal of field will require adjustment of a fairly large number of significant First Amendment holdings," Justice Scalia said in a dissent that he actually read from the bench because he felt so strongly about the issue.
I read the exerpts of Wayne Angell's exchange with a Gosbank representative ("Put the Soviet Economy on Golden Rails," editorial page, Oct. 5) with great interest, since the gold standard is one of my areas of research.
Under the minimum option, students will be able to tell teachers they have read assigned pamphlets about health and physical exercise.
"I didn't even read the whole script before I said, `I have to go,"' he recalls.
If people actually read this book thoroughly they'll only discover that Mr. Speakes came up with not just one or two indiscretions against his former employer, but 313 pages of gossip and slander.
After a St. Petersburg Times reporter read an account of Greenway's statements and asked for a copy, Assistant State Attorney Marie King removed it from the packet, the newspaper reported Wednesday.
The school ran an ad on Aug. 1 addressed to Virgil. "It's awfully hot in my house," it read. "If you'll fix my air conditioning, I'll let you take me to the movies.
Raymond Scales, a high school counselor at the game, said it took him only a half-hour to sell 25 T-shirts that read "I survived Miami 1989.
"At a time when so many negative things are being said about people in public life, it is important to remind people, especially young people, that public service can be a noble cause," the letter read.
Tears come into your eyes when you see them in their blue pants and blue skirts and white shirts. They read the scripture, they do everything.
"The question is whether the women will indeed read them or view them.
"We'll be open to anyone offering a good service at a good price." Whatever heat TV Guide feels from competitors, it is still the leading TV magazine and one of the most widely read magazines anywhere.
Mr. Lichtenberg said his selection fulfilled a dream "that began when I was a kid and read a lot of science fiction."
I'm going to read the names of a few people George Bush has nominated to join his Cabinet.
It would be good to read more about this and less about Sir Rider's activities for the Royal Colonial Institute in 1916.
The misery of Mozambique is an open book that can be read in many ways.
"If you don't know how to read the teacher's eyes and face and know its your turn you're not ready to be a detective," he says.
Martin dubbed her Mary Reilly, had her learn to read and write at a school financed by Jekyll's largesse and set her to keeping a diary of the goings-on at the well-appointed mansion.