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; read 1, ready
Example Sentences
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“That I rede not,” said Little John, “Master, by th’ assent of me, Without half a hundred of your best bowmen You take to go with yee.”
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The Wildgrave spurred his ardent steed, And, launching forward with a bound, "Who, for thy drowsy priestlike rede, Would leave the jovial horn and hound?"
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"Now he is parted from me, he will maybe listen to my rede," said he; "poor wretch he loves not solitude."
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As you desire to speed, If you this feast will visit, hearken to our rede.
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“Well, then, your dog dined with me and did not pay: so I have, following your own rede, taken his best and his only coat.”
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