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Definition of 'arread'

English

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Verb

  • To declare; tell; interpret; explain.
  • *1808 , The cabinet of poetry:
  • But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; [...]
  • *1822 , The Works of the British poets, with lives of the authors - Volume 34 - Page 144:
  • His hall resounds!?amaz'd the stranger wight Arreads it all as done to him in fell despight.
  • *1825 , William Hazlitt, Select poets of Great Britain :
  • Nothing but mirth can conquer fortune's spite; No sky is heavy, if the heart be light: Patience is sorrow's salve; what can't be cur'd, So Donald right arreads , must be endur'd.
  • To counsel; advise; direct; teach.
  • *1850 , William Hamilton (of Bangour), The poems and songs of William Hamilton of Bangour :
  • My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads , Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; [...]
  • To guess; conjecture.
  • *1831 , Henry Rich, The daughter of Herodias :
  • Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!
  • *1872 , Alexander Balloch Grosart, Miscellanies of The Fuller Worthies' Library :
  • Now, good Christe arread , and gesse whoe gaue thee the buffet?
  • To read.
  • *1971 , James T. Boulton, Samuel Johnson's Taxation No Tyranny :
  • You arread me aright.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Advice; discourse; narration.
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    Similar to 'arread'

    award, airhead, arrayed, aired, aeried, arrowed, aroid, aread, ariid