Thesaurus: read

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1. n. Rennet. See 3d Reed.
2. imp. & p. p. of Read
3. v. t. To advise; to counsel.
4. v. t. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
5. v. t. To tell; to declare; to recite.
6. v. t. 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.
7. v. t. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
8. v. t. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
9. v. t. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
10. v. i. To give advice or counsel.
11. v. i. To tell; to declare.
12. v. i. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
13. v. i. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
14. v. i. To learn by reading.
15. v. i. 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.
16. v. i. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
17. v. t. word/saying">Saying; word/sentence">sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
18. v. Reading.
19. imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
20. a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.