"arread" meaning in English

See arread in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|areden}} Middle English areden, {{inh|en|ang|ārǣdan}} Old English ārǣdan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uzrēdaną|t=to guess}} Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), {{af|en|a-|read}} a- + read, {{af|en|a-|rede}} a- + rede, {{cog|de|erraten|t=to guess}} German erraten (“to guess”), {{cog|got|𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽|t=to contrive, discriminate}} Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} arread
  1. Advice; discourse; narration.
    Sense id: en-arread-en-noun-KTFgXHCM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 33 5 11 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 35 21 14 26 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 59 16 10 11 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arreed, aread, areed, arede

Verb

Forms: arreads [present, singular, third-person], arreading [participle, present], arread [participle, past], arread [past]
Etymology: From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|areden}} Middle English areden, {{inh|en|ang|ārǣdan}} Old English ārǣdan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uzrēdaną|t=to guess}} Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), {{af|en|a-|read}} a- + read, {{af|en|a-|rede}} a- + rede, {{cog|de|erraten|t=to guess}} German erraten (“to guess”), {{cog|got|𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽|t=to contrive, discriminate}} Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”) Head templates: {{en-verb|arreads|arreading|arread}} arread (third-person singular simple present arreads, present participle arreading, simple past and past participle arread)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To declare; tell; interpret; explain. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-arread-en-verb-GmAVm9q~
  2. (archaic, transitive) To counsel; advise; direct; teach. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-arread-en-verb-HPDWUz8U
  3. (archaic, transitive) To guess; conjecture. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-arread-en-verb-8WHpnPfk
  4. (archaic, transitive) To read. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-arread-en-verb-IseWNrM0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arreed, aread, areed, arede

Inflected forms

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        "t": "to guess"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "read"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + read",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "a-",
        "3": "rede"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + rede",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "erraten",
        "t": "to guess"
      },
      "expansion": "German erraten (“to guess”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽",
        "t": "to contrive, discriminate"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "arread",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Advice; discourse; narration."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Advice",
          "advice"
        ],
        [
          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ],
        [
          "narration",
          "narration"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "arreed"
    },
    {
      "word": "aread"
    },
    {
      "word": "areed"
    },
    {
      "word": "arede"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arread"
}

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