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Beread vs Behead - What's the difference?

beread | behead |

In transitive terms the difference between beread and behead

is that beread is to advise; inform; counsel; plan; to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate while behead is to remove the head; cut someone's head off.

As verbs the difference between beread and behead

is that beread is alternative form of lang=en while behead is to remove the head; cut someone's head off.

beread

English

Verb

  • To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
  • *1852', Jean Palsgrave, François Génin, ''L'éclaircissement de la langue française par Jean Palsgrave'', original publication ' 1530 :
    • I berede' me, I take advyse or counsayle... I wyll ' berede me first, and than you shall have your answere.
  • *1923 , Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), O. Henry memorial award prize stories :
    • And when the time hung with a heaviness I beread me of them.
  • *2005 , Andrea Cornwall, International African Institute, Readings in gender in Africa :
    • When I received the telegram, I have to go in order to beread him, I return on Saturday 2/1/48.

    behead

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the head; cut someone's head off.

    • Synonyms

    * decapitate * decollate

    Derived terms

    * beheaded * beheading