An obsolete form of red.
Having knowledge gained from reading; instructed by reading; in general, versed: now usually with well: as, well read in the classics.
To counsel; advise; recommend.
To teach; instil, as a lesson.
To explain the meaning of; explain; interpret; make out; solve: as, to read a riddle; to read a dream.
To declare; tell; rehearse.
To suppose; guess; imagine; fancy.
To understand by observation or scrutiny; acquire a knowledge of (something not otherwise obvious) by interpreting signs or indications; study out; interpret: as, to read the signs of the times; to read the sky or a person's countenance.
To discover by observation or scrutiny; perceive from signs or indications.
To observe and apprehend the meaning of (something written, printed, inscribed, or stamped in letters or other significant characters); go over with the eyes (or, in the case of the blind, with the fingers) and take in the meaning of (significant characters forming or representing words or sentences); peruse: as, to read a book, newspaper, poem, inscription, or piece of music.
To note the indication of (a graduated instrument): as, to read a thermometer or a circle.
To utter aloud: said of words or sounds represented by letters or other significant characters.