• Beread

    Origin

    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 - + read. Cognate with German beraten ("to advise, deliberate").

    Full definition of beread

    Verb

    1. Alternative form of berede
    2. (transitive) To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
      • 1852, Jean Palsgrave, François Génin, L'éclaircissement de la langue française par Jean Palsgrave, original publication 1530:I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere.
      • 1923, Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), O. Henry memorial award prize stories:And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them.
      • 2005, Andrea Cornwall, International African Institute, Readings in gender in Africa:When I received the telegram, I have to go in order to beread him, I return on Saturday 2/1/48.
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