arread

== English == === Alternative forms === arreed, aread, areed, arede === 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”). === Verb === arread (third-person singular simple present arreads, present participle arreading, simple past and past participle arread) (archaic, transitive) To declare; tell; interpret; explain. 1808, The cabinet of poetry: But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; [...] 1822, The Works of the British poets, with lives of the authors - Volume 34 - Page 144: His hall resounds!―amaz'd the stranger wight Arreads it all as done to him in fell despight. (archaic, transitive) To counsel; advise; direct; teach. 1850, William Hamilton (of Bangour), The poems and songs of William Hamilton of Bangour: My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads, Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; [...] (archaic, transitive) To guess; conjecture. (archaic, transitive) To read. === Noun === arread Advice; discourse; narration. == Spanish == === Verb === arread second-person plural imperative of arrear