rennet. see 3d reed.-of read-to advise; to counsel.-to interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.-to tell; to declare; to recite.-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.-hence, to know fully; to comprehend.-to discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.-to make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.-to give advice or counsel.-to tell; to declare.-to perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.-to study by reading; as, he read for the bar.-to learn by reading.-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.-to produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.-saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel.  see rede.-reading.-imp. & p. p. of read, v. t. & i.-instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.