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Read Read, n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]
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Read Read, n. [AS. r[=ae]d counsel, fr. r[=ae]dan to counsel. See Read, v. t.] 1. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. [Obs.] 2. [Read, v.] Reading. [Colloq.] --Hume. One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read. --Furnivall.
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Read Read, a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. A poet . . . well read in Longinus. --Addison.
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Read Read, imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
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Read Read, v. t. 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.] 2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. --Neh. viii. 8. 4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. 5. To learn by reading. I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. --Swift. 6. 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. 7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.

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