Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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name
A river in Northumberland, England, which joins the River North Tyne at Redesmouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Help, advice, counsel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, uncountable
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noun
Decision, a plan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, uncountable
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verb
To govern, protect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To discuss, deliberate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To advise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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verb
give advice to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: advise, counsel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hash out, discuss, talk over
Narrower terms: urge, urge on, press, exhort, dissuade, deter, warn, discourage, admonish, monish, tip off, tip, misadvise, misguide, propound, consult, contraindicate
verb
give an interpretation or explanation to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: interpret
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Broader terms: explain, explicate
Narrower terms: moralize, moralise, deconstruct, reinterpret, re-explain, commentate, misinterpret, gloss, comment, annotate
History
Probably from Old English hrēod (“reed”).
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.
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.
