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English
Etymology
From Middle English bereden, bireden (“to advise, deliberate”), from Old English berǣdan (“to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”), equivalent to be- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beräide (“to advise”), German Low German beraden (“to advise”), German beraten (“to advise, deliberate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
beread (third-person singular simple present bereads, present participle bereading, simple past and past participle beread)
- Alternative form of berede
- (transitive, archaic) To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
- 1852, Jean Palsgrave, François Génin, L'éclaircissement de la langue française par Jean Palsgrave, original publication 1530:
- I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere.
- 1923, Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), O. Henry memorial award prize stories:
- And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them.
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