7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.
READ Read, n. Etym: [AS. ræd counsel, fr. rædan to counsel. See Read, v. t.]
1. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [Read, v.]
Defn: Reading. [Colloq.] Hume.
One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read. Furnivall.
READ
Read,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
READ
Read, a.
Defn: Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
A poet . . . well read in Longinus. Addison.
READABILITY
Read`a*bil"i*ty, n.