beread

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

• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

beread (third-person singular simple present bereads, present participle bereading, simple past and past participle beread)

1. Alternative form of berede.
2. (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.

Anagrams

• abreed, bardee, beader, bearde, beared, bedare, bedear, breade