Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beread
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of berede.

verb

To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I berede me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll berede me first, and than you shall have your answere."
"And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bereden, berǣdan

Usage

Inflected Forms

bereads (present, singular) bereading (participle, present)

Rhymes With

need read lead speed agreed spread indeed port said feed we'd seed succeed

Questions

What does beread mean?: Alternative form of berede.
Where does beread come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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