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Definition of Read
Read Read Read, n.
Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]
Read 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 Read, a.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
A poet . . . well read in Longinus. --Addison.
Read Read Read, v. t.
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.
