Available Definitions:
1) n. - Rennet. See 3d Reed.
2) imp. & p. p. - of Read
3) v. t. - To advise; to counsel.
4) v. t. - To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
5) v. t. - To tell; to declare; to recite.
6) v. t. - To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
7) v. t. - Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
8) v. t. - To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
9) v. t. - To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
10) v. i. - To give advice or counsel.
11) v. i. - To tell; to declare.
12) v. i. - To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
13) v. i. - To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
14) v. i. - To learn by reading.
15) 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.
16) v. i. - To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
17) v. t. - Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
18) v. - Reading.
19) - imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
20) a. - Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.