\A*read"\, Areed \A*reed"\, v. t. [OE. areden, AS.
[=a]r[=ae]dan to interpret. See {Read}.]
1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to
   guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.]
         Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
                                               --Spenser.
2. To read. [Obs.] --Drayton.
3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.
         But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! --Milton.
4. To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] --Ld. Lytton.