Definition of reading

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Reading (n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

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Aspersion :: Aspersion (n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny..
Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter..
Patent :: Patent (a.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf..
Read :: Read (v. i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document..
Dissemination :: Dissemination (n.) The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc..
Patulous :: Patulous (a.) Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers..
Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem..
Diffusible :: Diffusible (a.) Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
Tamarind :: Tamarind (n.) A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated..
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Well-read :: Well-read (a.) Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.
Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..
Habit :: Habit (n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body..
Suffusion :: Suffusion (n.) The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading..
Obelus :: Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or � ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings..
Treading :: Treading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trea.
Circumfusion :: Circumfusion (n.) The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.
Flare :: Flare (n.) A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace..
Lecture :: Lecture (n.) The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture..
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