Verb

(obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.i:

But now, faire Ladie, comfort to you make, / And read / That short reuenge the man may ouertake […].

(transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

(transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a ''to'' phrase or an indirect object.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. […]}}

To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.

To consist of certain text.

The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts.

Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

That sentence reads strangely.

To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); (used to introduce an emendation of a text).

* 1832 , John Lemprière et al., Bibliotheca classica , Seventh Edition, W. E. Dean, page 263:

In , it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron.

(informal, usually, ironic) .

* 2009 , Suzee Vlk et al., The GRE Test for Dummies , Sixth Edition, Wiley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-470-00919-2, page 191:

Eliminate illogical (read : stupid) answer choices.

(telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

(British) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

(computing) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).

to read''' a hard disk; to '''read''' a port; to '''read the keyboard

(obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.

* (William Tyndale)

Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine.

(obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.iv:

But read how art thou named, and of what kin.

(transgenderism) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.

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Verb

(en verb)

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

To appear, to seem.

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*170? , (Joseph Addison), Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. , Dedication

*:but should I publish any favours done me by your Lordship, I am afraid it would look more like vanity than gratitude.

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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}

*2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves

*:Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.

(lb) To give an appearance of being.

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To search for, to try to find.

To face or present a view.

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*Bible, (w) xi. 1

*:the east gatewhich looketh eastward

To expect or anticipate.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:looking each hour into death's mouth to fall

(lb) To express or manifest by a look.

*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

*:Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again.

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To make sure of, to see to.

*1898 , (Homer), (Samuel Butler) (translator),

*:"Look to it yourself, father," answered Telemachus, "for they say you are the wisest counsellor in the world, and that there is no other mortal man who can compare with you.

To show oneself in looking.

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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:My toes look through the overleather.

To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes..

To seek; to search for.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:Looking my love, I go from place to place.

To expect.

:(Shakespeare)

To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.

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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:A spirit fit to start into an empire, / And look the world to law.

(senseid)(lb) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.

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