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English Dictionary: counselling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
counselling
n
  1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
    Synonym(s): guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
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.
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