Read(v. t.)
- To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
Read(v. t.)
- Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Read(v. t.)
- To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
Read(v. t.)
- To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
Read(v. i.)
- To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
Read(v. i.)
- To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.