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rede.

Help, advice, counsel.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹiːd/
  1. Help, advice, counsel.

    archaic · dialectal · uncountable
  2. Decision, a plan.

    archaic · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish rádaid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.

verb/ɹiːd/
  1. To govern, protect.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. To discuss, deliberate.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  3. To advise.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  4. To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English reden, ræden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise; plot, design; rule, govern, guide; determine, decide, decree; read, explain”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną. Cognate with German raten, Low German raden, Dutch raden. More at read.

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