·noun Rennet. ·see 3d Reed.
II. Read ·vi To learn by reading.
III. Read ·vi To give advice or counsel.
IV. Read ·v Reading.
V. Read ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Read, ·vt & i.
VI. Read ·Impf & ·p.p. of Read.
VII. Read ·vi To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
VIII. Read ·adj Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
IX. Read ·vt Hence, to know fully; to Comprehend.
X. Read ·vi To Tell; to Declare.
XI. Read ·vt To Advise; to Counsel.
XII. Read ·vi To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
XIII. Read ·vt To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
XIV. Read ·vt Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. ·see Rede.
XV. Read ·vt To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, ·etc.; to learn by observation.
XVI. Read ·vt To Interpret; to Explain; as, to read a riddle.
XVII. Read ·vt To Tell; to Declare; to Recite.
XVIII. Read ·vi To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
XIX. Read ·vi 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.
XX. Read ·vt 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.