read

1. n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. Source: opted

2. imp. & p. p. of Read Source: opted

3. v. t. To advise; to counsel. Source: opted

4. v. t. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. Source: opted

5. v. t. To tell; to declare; to recite. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

7. v. t. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. Source: opted

8. v. t. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. Source: opted

9. v. t. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. Source: opted

10. v. i. To give advice or counsel. Source: opted

11. v. i. To tell; to declare. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

13. v. i. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. Source: opted

14. v. i. To learn by reading. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

16. v. i. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. Source: opted

17. v. t. word/saying">Saying; word/sentence">sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. Source: opted

18. v. Reading. Source: opted

19. imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i. Source: opted

20. a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. Source: opted

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