Abread vs Arread - What's the difference?
abread | arread |
To declare; tell; interpret; explain.
*1808 , The cabinet of poetry:
*1822 , The Works of the British poets, with lives of the authors - Volume 34 - Page 144:
*1825 , William Hazlitt, Select poets of Great Britain :
To counsel; advise; direct; teach.
*1850 , William Hamilton (of Bangour), The poems and songs of William Hamilton of Bangour :
To guess; conjecture.
*1831 , Henry Rich, The daughter of Herodias :
*1872 , Alexander Balloch Grosart, Miscellanies of The Fuller Worthies' Library :
To read.
*1971 , James T. Boulton, Samuel Johnson's Taxation No Tyranny :
As an adverb abread
is abroad.As a verb arread is
to declare; tell; interpret; explain.As a noun arread is
advice; discourse; narration.arread
English
Alternative forms
*Verb
- But mark what I arread thee now. Avaunt; [...]
- His hall resounds!?amaz'd the stranger wight Arreads it all as done to him in fell despight.
- Nothing but mirth can conquer fortune's spite; No sky is heavy, if the heart be light: Patience is sorrow's salve; what can't be cur'd, So Donald right arreads , must be endur'd.
- My tongue shall speak but what my heart arreads , Nor varnish use to blacken more thy deeds; [...]
- Soldier, I come. But, ere we part, I will arread thy doom, Proud ruthless woman!
- Now, good Christe arread , and gesse whoe gaue thee the buffet?
- You arread me aright.