{ A*read", A*reed" } (&?;), v. t. [OE. areden, AS. ār&aemacr;dan to interpret. See Read.] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.]

Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
Spenser.

2. To read. [Obs.] Drayton.

3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.

But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt!
Milton.

4. To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.