different between aread vs arear

English

Alternative forms

• arread
• areed
• arede

Etymology

From Old English ar?dan, ar?dan, corresponding to a- +? read. Cognate with German erraten.

Verb

aread (third-person singular simple present areads, present participle areading, simple past and past participle ared)

1. (obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy. [11th-17th c.]
2. (obsolete) To interpret; to explain. [11th-19th c.]
   • c. 1591-1592, Edmund Spenser, Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard, Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier

     Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.

3. (obsolete) To advise, counsel. [16th-17th c.]

English

Etymology

See arrear (adverb).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

arear (comparative more arear, superlative most arear)

1. backward; in or to the rear; behindhand

Verb

arear (third-person singular simple present arears, present participle arearing, simple past and past participle areared)

1. To raise; to set up; to stir up.

Portuguese

Verb

arear (first-person singular present indicative areio, past participle areado)

1. (transitive) to sand (to abrade with sand or sandpaper)
2. (transitive) to sand (to cover with sand)

Conjugation