read \read\ r=ed, n.
   rennet. see 3d reed. prov. eng.
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reed 

read \read\ r=ed, v. t. imp.  p. p. read re^d; p.
   pr.  vb. n. reading. oe. reden, raeden, as. r=aedan
   to read, advise, counsel, fr. r=aed advice, counsel,
   r=aedan imperf. reord to advise, counsel, guess; akin to
   d. raden to advise, g. raten, rathen, icel. r=aetha,
   goth. r=edan in comp., and perh. also to skr. r=adh to
   succeed. root116. cf. riddle.
   1. to advise; to counsel. obs. see rede.
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            therefore, i read thee, get thee to god's word, and
            thereby try all doctrine.             --tyndale.
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   2. to interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
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   3. to tell; to declare; to recite. obs.
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            but read how art thou named, and of what kin.
                                                  --spenser.
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   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.
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            redeth read ye the great poet of itaille.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            well could he rede a lesson or a story. --chaucer.
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   5. hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
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            who is't can read a woman?            --shak.
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   6. to discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
      etc.; to learn by observation.
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            an armed corse did lie,
            in whose dead face he read great magnanimity.
                                                  --spenser.
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            those about her
            from her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
                                                  --shak.
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   7. to make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
      to read theology or law.
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   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.
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read reading riddle rede to read one's self in 

read \read\, n. as. r=aed counsel, fr. r=aedan to counsel.
   see read, v. t.
   1. saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. see
      rede. obs.
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   2. read, v. reading. colloq. --hume.
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            one newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a
            read.                                 --furnivall.
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read rede 

read \read\ re^d,
   imp.  p. p. of read, v. t.  i.
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read 

read \read\, v. i.
   1. to give advice or counsel. obs.
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   2. to tell; to declare. obs. --spenser.
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   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.
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            so they read in the book of the law of god
            distinctly, and gave the sense.       --neh. viii.
                                                  8.
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   4. to study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
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   5. to learn by reading.
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            i have read of an eastern king who put a judge to
            death for an iniquitous sentence.     --swift.
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   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.
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   7. to produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence
      reads queerly.
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   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.
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to read between the lines 

read \read\ re^d, a.
   instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
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         a poet . . . well read in longinus.      --addison.
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read
     n : something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
     v 1: interpret something that is written or printed; "read the
          advertisement"; "have you read salman rushdie?"
     2: have or contain a certain wording or form; "the passage
        reads as follows"; "what does the law say?" syn: say
     3: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is
        written or printed; "the king will read the proclamation
        at noon"
     4: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "this dictionary can be
        read by the computer" syn: scan
     5: interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves,
        intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "she
        read the sky and predicted rain"; "i can't read his
        strange behavior"; "the gypsy read his fate in the crystal
        ball"
     6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular
        meaning or impression; "i read this address as a satire";
        "how should i take this message?"; "you can't take credit
        for this" syn: take
     7: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "the
        thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "the
        gauge read `empty'" syn: register, show, record
     8: be a student of a certain subject; "she is reading for the
        bar exam" syn: learn, study, take
     9: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "he is
        auditioning for `julius cesar' at stratford this year"
     10: to hear and understand; "i read you loud and clear"
     11: make sense of a language; "she understands french"; "can you
         read greek?" syn: understand, interpret, translate
see also:
say scan take register show record 
learn study understand interpret translate 

108 moby thesaurus words for "read":
   absorb, announce, appreciate, apprehend, assign to, assimilate,
   be with one, bone, catch, catch on, comprehend, con, conceive,
   construe, contemplate, correct copy, debate, decipher, declaim,
   define, deliver, demagogue, describe, diagnose, dig, digest, drill,
   elocute, elucubrate, examine, fathom, feel out, fly a kite, follow,
   get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture,
   go in for, go over, grasp, grind, harangue, have, have it taped,
   hold forth, impute to, indicate, interpret, ken, know, learn,
   look over, lucubrate, major in, mark, master, minor in, mouth,
   orate, out-herod herod, perorate, peruse, plunge into, pore over,
   practice, present, probe, proofread, rabble-rouse, rant, read for,
   read into, read law, realize, recite, record, regard studiously,
   register, restudy, review, rodomontade, savvy, say, scan, seize,
   seize the meaning, sense, skim, sound, sound out, specialize in,
   spiel, spout, study, study for, study to be, swot, take, take in,
   take it that, take to mean, tub-thump, understand, understand by,
   vet, wade through

read
     relative element address designate cryptography