arread meaning (archaic): definition, etymology and quotations

arread

verb

Etymology From earlier aread, arede, from Middle English areden, from Old English ārǣdan, ārēdan (“to appoint, prepare; arrange, settle, decide; guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; read, read out, read to”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀrādan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”), equivalent to a- + read or a- + rede. Cognate with German erraten (“to guess”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (urrēdan, “to contrive, discriminate”).

Archaic To declare; tell; interpret; explain.

But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; …1808, The cabinet of poetry
His hall resounds!―amaz'd the stranger wight Arreads it all as done to him in fell despight.1822, The Works of the British poets, with lives of the authors - Volume 34 - Page 144

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Nothing but mirth can conquer fortune's spite; No sky is heavy, if the heart be light: Patience is sorrow's salve; what can't be cur'd, So Donald right arreads, must be endur'd.1825, William Hazlitt, Select poets of Great Britain:

Archaic To counsel; advise; direct; teach.

My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads, Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; …1850, William Hamilton (of Bangour), The poems and songs of William Hamilton of Bangour

Archaic To guess; conjecture.

Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!1831, Henry Rich, The daughter of Herodias:
Now, good Christe arread, and gesse whoe gaue thee the buffet?1872, Alexander Balloch Grosart, Miscellanies of The Fuller Worthies' Library:

Archaic To read.

You arread me aright.1971, James T. Boulton, Samuel Johnson's Taxation No Tyranny:

arread

noun

Advice; discourse; narration.