aread means to soothsay, prophesy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
AREAD — [Verb] To interpret, counsel, or prophesy. From Old English arēdan, arǣdan, corresponding to a- (perfective or intensive prefix) + rǣdan ("to advise, interpret, read"). Unlike "read," which deciphers fixed symbols, or "prophesy," which declares a fixed future, to aread is to venture counsel from the ambiguous and unscripted. It is the diviner sifting the flight of birds, the elder weighing a troubled dream at dawn, the scholar giving voice to a weathered runestone—a quiet arbitration between the world as it appears and the truth it obscurely holds.
verb
- To soothsay, prophesy.
- To interpret; to explain.“Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.”
- To advise, counsel.“Me, all too meane, the ſacred Muſe areeds
To blazon broad emongſt her learned throng:”