verb
Meaning 1
Alternative form of berede.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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beread
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rhymes with -iːd
verb
Meaning 2
To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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History
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”).