Rede vs Maxim - What's the difference?
rede | maxim |
(archaic) Help, advice, counsel.
* 1603 , William Shakespeare, "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", Act 1, Scene 3:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , vol. 1:
* 1954 , JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers :
(archaic) Decision, a plan.
To govern, protect.
To discuss, deliberate.
To advise.
:(Chaucer)
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*:The meane whyle his squyer founde wryten vpon the crosse that Bagdemagus shold neuer retorne vnto the Courte ageyne / tyll he had wonne a kny?tes body of the round table body for body / lo syr said his squyer / here I fynde wrytyng of yow / therfor I rede yow retorne ageyne to the Courte / that shalle I neuer said Bagdemagus
To interpret (a riddle or dream); explain.
:(Chaucer)
*1836 , (Thomas Carlyle), (Sartor Resartus)
*:The secret of Man's Being is still like the Sphinx's secret: a riddle that he cannot rede .
A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
* 1776 , ,
As nouns the difference between rede and maxim
is that rede is speech while maxim is maximum.As an adjective maxim is
maximum, greatest, highest.rede
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(-)- Ophelia:
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
- When the Bull heard these words he knew the Ass to be his friend and thanked him, saying, "Right is thy rede "
- ‘Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.’
Etymology 2
From (etyl) reden, . More at (l).Verb
Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* * * * ----maxim
English
Noun
(en noun)Wealth of Nations, page 768:
- In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.