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To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. Tyndale.

The state of being readable; readableness.

Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. -- Read"a*ble*ness, n. -- Read"a*bly, adv,.

To address a second time; -- often used reflexively. He readdressed himself to her. Boyle.

To regain; to recover. [Obs.]

A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who reads. Specifically:

The office of reader. Lyell.

In a ready manner; quickly; promptly. Chaucer.

The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness. They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11.

The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.

To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.

The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.

A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

ain; to give entrance or access to again. Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to readmit the suppliant. Milton.

Allowance to enter again; a second admission.

To adopt again. Young.