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English Dictionary: advise by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advise
v
  1. give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
    Synonym(s): rede, advise, counsel
  2. inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
    Synonym(s): advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
  3. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
    Synonym(s): propose, suggest, advise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Advise \Ad*vise"\, v. t.
      1. To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.]
  
                     Advise if this be worth attempting.   --Milton.
  
      2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to
            advise with friends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Advise \Ad*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advised}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Advising}.] [OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F.
      aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L.
      videre, visum, to see. See {Advice}, and cf. {Avise}.]
      1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or
            expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. [bd]I shall
            no more advise thee.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of
            before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the
            risk.
  
      {To advise one's self}, to bethink one's self; to take
            counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.]
  
                     Bid thy master well advise himself.   --Shak.
  
      Syn: To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint.
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