REDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rede mean? 

• REDE (verb)
  The verb REDE has 2 senses:

1. give an interpretation or explanation to

2. give advice to

  Familiarity information: REDE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rede    ... he / she / it redes   
Past simple: reded   
Past participle: reded   
-ing form: reding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give an interpretation or explanation to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

interpret; rede

Hypernyms (to "rede" is one way to...):

explain; explicate (make plain and comprehensible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rede"):

moralise; moralize (interpret the moral meaning of)

deconstruct (interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing)

re-explain; reinterpret (interpret from a different viewpoint)

commentate (serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting)

misinterpret (interpret falsely)

annotate; comment; gloss (provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases)

commentate (make a commentary on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give advice to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

advise; counsel; rede

Context example:

The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud

Hypernyms (to "rede" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rede"):

exhort; press; urge; urge on (force or impel in an indicated direction)

deter; dissuade (turn away from by persuasion)

admonish; discourage; monish; warn (advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior)

tip; tip off (give insider information or advise to)

misadvise; misguide (give bad advice to)

propound (put forward, as of an idea)

consult (advise professionally)

contraindicate (make a treatment inadvisable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

'Tis the master-bowyer's rede: 'Every bow well bent. Every shaft well sent. Every stave well nocked. Every string well locked.'

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I would not show lack of courtesy toward a worthy man, but I was deep in a matter of some weight, concerning which, Alleyne, I should be glad of your rede.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Take my rede, sir, and let it drop, for you have come very well out from it.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My lord, I know little of the ways and usages of the world, cried Alleyne, but I would fain ask your rede upon the matter.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Bide here, if you will take my rede, for we will make England too hot for such as you, when Master Wicliff has the ordering of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There is my rede; and now, Sir Nigel, I must crave—”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you will take my rede you will come to a composition with them, for they will give you such terms as you have given me.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet I would fain have your rede and counsel, Sir Simon.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I would fain have your rede, Sir Oliver, for Master Hawtayne hath fears that when we veer there may come danger from the hole in our side.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And hark ye, mes enfants, take an old soldier's rede and lay your bodies to the bow, drawing from hip and thigh as much as from arm.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)