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单词 rede
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Definition of rede in English:

rede

noun riːdrēd
mass nounarchaic
  • Advice or counsel given by one person to another.

    what is your rede?
    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:

rede

nounrēd
archaic
  • Advice or counsel given by one person to another.

    what is your rede?
    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.

 
 
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