beread

Meanings

verbberead (third-person singular simple present bereads, present participle bereading, simple past and past participle beread)

present singular third person bereads · participle present bereading

alternativeAlternative form of berede.
archaictransitiveTo advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them.
1923, Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), O. Henry memorial award prize stories
1 more example
I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere.
1852, Jean Palsgrave, François Génin, L'éclaircissement de la langue française par Jean Palsgrave, original publication 1530

Origin

Old Englishberǣdan“to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”
Middle Englishbereden
Englishberead

From Middle English bereden, bireden (“to advise, deliberate”), from Old English berǣdan (“to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”), equivalent to be- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beräide (“to advise”), German Low German beraden (“to advise”), German beraten (“to advise, deliberate”).

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