English Dictionary: counselled | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. |