Definition of read

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Read (v. i.) To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts..

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Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Readdress :: Readdress (v. t.) To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.
Read :: Read (v.) Reading.
He :: He (obj.) The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe..
Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The act of copulation in birds.
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball..
Wit :: Wit (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner..
Gather :: Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker..
Overcome :: Overcome (v. t.) To come or pass over; to spreads over.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position..
Threader :: Threader (n.) A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
Re- :: Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification..
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To suspect; to dread.
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