Read (rēd), n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]
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Read, v. i. 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.]
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2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] Spenser.
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3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
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So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neh. viii. 8.
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4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
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5. To learn by reading.
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I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. Swift.
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6. 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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7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
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To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.
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Read (r&ebreve_;d), imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
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