(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Read
(n.) The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or
written matter to be read.
(n.) Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of
extensive reading.
(n.) A lecture or prelection; public recital.
(n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or
passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
(n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering.
(n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated
instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
(a.) Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
