(third-person singular simple present bereads, present participle bereading, simple past and past participle beread)
- Alternative form of berede.
- To advise; inform; counsel; plan; (reflexive) to advise or bethink oneself; deliberate.
From Middle English bereden, bireden (“to advise, deliberate”), from Old English berǣdan (“to deprive, take by treachery, rob; betray; deliberate on; get the better of”), equivalent to be- + read. Cognate with German beraten (“to advise, deliberate”).