† aˈtrede, v. Obs. rare.
[f. at- prefix2 + rede, read; lit. ‘to give advice away from.’ Possibly for out-read (as edited by Tyrwhitt, though all MSS. have at-); cf. atour prep.]
To outdo in counsel.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iv. 1456 Men may the wise atrenne, and nought atrede. c 1386 ― Knt.'s T. 1591 Men may the eelde at-renne, but nat at-rede. |