rede
Americanverb (used with object)
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to counsel; advise.
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to explain.
noun
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counsel; advice.
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a plan; scheme.
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a tale; story.
noun
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advice or counsel
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an explanation
verb
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to advise; counsel
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to explain
Etymology
Origin of rede
before 900; (v.) Middle English reden, Old English rǣdan; (noun) Middle English; Old English rǣd, cognate with Old Frisian rēd, Old Saxon rād, Old Norse rāth; see read 1, ready
Example Sentences
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Recks not his own rede becomes Minds not his own creed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rememberest thou that time we went through the forest to have her read thy rede for thee?
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Their father's pride may yet relent; His mither's rede he'll hear; Nor for anither break the heart35 That ance to him was dear.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
"Now he is parted from me, he will maybe listen to my rede," said he; "poor wretch he loves not solitude."
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
"Gramercy for thy rede, curé," cried the great man, reproachfully.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
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