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Definition of rede in English: redenoun riːdrēd mass nounarchaic Advice or counsel given by one person to another. Example sentencesExamples - Or the Wiccan rede, ‘And ye do no harm, do what thou will.’
- Remember that the rede does not just mean physical harm but all kinds of harm, be it physical, mental, emotional or other.
- The law of threefold return was introduced in the Wiccan rede, developed ostensibly by Gardner and Valiente IIRC, and likely ghostwritten by Crowley.
- I know that a lot of Neo-Pagans abide by some kind of creed or rede.
- I take the rede to mean that you shouldn't harm any living thing.
verb riːdrēd [with object]archaic 1Advise (someone) with object and infinitive therefore, my son, I rede thee stay at home Example sentencesExamples - For Wiccans and many, though not all, Neo-Pagans, the single, moral tagline usually redes (pun intended) ‘Do as ye will, an it harm none.’
2Interpret (a riddle or dream) the secret of Man's being is still a riddle that he cannot rede
Origin Old English rǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raad, German Rat. The verb is a variant of read, of the same origin. Rhymes accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed Definition of rede in US English: redenounrēd archaic Advice or counsel given by one person to another. Example sentencesExamples - The law of threefold return was introduced in the Wiccan rede, developed ostensibly by Gardner and Valiente IIRC, and likely ghostwritten by Crowley.
- Remember that the rede does not just mean physical harm but all kinds of harm, be it physical, mental, emotional or other.
- Or the Wiccan rede, ‘And ye do no harm, do what thou will.’
- I take the rede to mean that you shouldn't harm any living thing.
- I know that a lot of Neo-Pagans abide by some kind of creed or rede.
verbrēd [with object]archaic 1Advise (someone) with object and infinitive therefore, my son, I rede thee stay at home Example sentencesExamples - For Wiccans and many, though not all, Neo-Pagans, the single, moral tagline usually redes (pun intended) ‘Do as ye will, an it harm none.’
2Interpret (a riddle or dream).
Origin Old English rǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raad, German Rat. The verb is a variant of read, of the same origin. |