Read

rēd, v.t. to utter aloud written or printed words: to peruse: to comprehend: to study, as to read law, science: to teach: to make out, from signs: to solve, as to read a dream: to interpret: to understand, as reading the stars: to note the indication of, as to read a barometer: impute by inference, as to read a meaning into a book.— v.i. to perform the act of reading: to practise much reading: to appear on reading: to advise: to speak: to acquire information: to utter the words of a book: ( mus. ) to render music at first sight: to put a certain expre ion upon it: to be suitable for perusal:— pa.t. and pa.p. read (red).— n. Read , a reading, perusal: ( Spens. ) counsel, a saying, an interpretation.— adj Read (red), versed in books: learned.— ns. Readabil′ity , Read′ablene .— adj Readable (rēd′a-bl), that may be read: worth reading: interesting: enabling to read.— adv. Read′ably .— ns. Read′er , one who reads: one whose office it is to read prayers in a church, or lectures in a university, .: one who reads or corrects proofs: one who reads much: a reading-book; Read′ership , the office of a reader.— adj. Read′ing , addicted to reading.— n. act of reading: perusal: study of books: public or formal recital: the way in which a pa age reads: an interpretation of a pa age or work: a version: noting an instrument, as the reading of a barometer.— ns. Read′ing-book , a book of exercises in reading; Read′ing-boy ( print. ), a reader's a istant; Read′ing-desk , a desk for holding a book or paper while it is read: a church-lectern; Read′ing-lamp , a form of lamp for use in reading; Read′ing-room , a room with papers, periodicals, ., resorted to for reading.— Read between the lines , to detect a meaning not expre ed; Read one's self in , in the Church of England, to read the Thirty-nine Articles and repeat the declaration of a ent prescribed by law to a new incumbent.— Penny reading , an entertainment consisting of readings, ., to which the admi ion is a penny. [A.S. rǽdan , to discern, read— rǽd , counsel; Ger. rathen , to advise.]