(n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.
(imp. & p. p.) of Read
(v. t.) To advise; to counsel.
(v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
(v. t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.
(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.
(v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
(v. t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
etc.; to learn by observation.
(v. t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
to read theology or law.
(v. i.) To give advice or counsel.
(v. i.) To tell; to declare.
(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.
(v. i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
(v. i.) To learn by reading.
(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.
(v. i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence
reads queerly.
(v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See
Rede.
(v.) Reading.
imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
(a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
