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Definition of 'rede'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
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(archaic) Help, advice, counsel.
* 1603 , William Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", Act 1, Scene 3:
- Ophelia:
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , vol. 1:
- When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede "
* 1954 , JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers :
- ‘Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.’
(archaic) Decision, a plan.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) reden, . More at (l).
Verb
To govern, protect.
To discuss, deliberate.
To advise.
:(Chaucer)
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*:The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a kny?tes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus
To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
:(Chaucer)
*1836 , (Thomas Carlyle), (Sartor Resartus)
*:The secret of Man's Being is still like the Sphinx's secret: a riddle that he cannot rede .
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