rede

[ reed ]

verb (used with object)

, red·ed, red·ing.

1. to counsel; advise.
2. to explain.

noun

1. counsel; advice.
2. a plan; scheme.
3. a tale; story.

rede

/ riːd /

noun

1. advice or counsel
2. an explanation

verb

1. to advise; counsel
2. to explain

Word History and Origins

Origin of rede¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rede¹

Old English rǣdan to rule; see read ¹

Example Sentences

Through her group Rede Nami, she also trains other women to use graffiti art to spur social change.

From The Daily Beast

"Not till we 've seen Carrig-a-rede, surely," said Daly, on whom danger acted like the most exciting of all stimulants.

From Project Gutenberg

What the Rede is to the northern, the Allen is to the southern branch of the river—the largest and longest of its affluents.

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Bide here, if you will take my rede, for we will make England too hot for such as you, when Master Wicliff has the ordering of it.

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She said presently: Habundia, thou seest I am hard bestead; give me some good rede thereto.

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And therewith he went his ways to tell Viridis and the others of this rede which they had come to between them.

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