counsel

[coun·sel]

When you give counsel or counsel someone, you give advice. If your neighbor is suing you because your dog keeps eating his begonias, you might seek the counsel of a dog trainer or, if that doesn't work, a lawyer.

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Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

Noun
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Noun
a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Verb
give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

n.
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

n.
Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.

n.
Result of consultation; advice; instruction.

n.
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.

n.
A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

n.
One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.

v. t.
To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.

v. t.
To advise or recommend, as an act or course.

Counsel

Coun"sel (koun"s?l), n. [OE. concl, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul.] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.

2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.

They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.

3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction.

I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised.

It was ill counsel had misled the girl.

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.

The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid.

6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.

The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges.

&hand; The some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management iof the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See Attorney. Kent. In counsel, in secret. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To keep counsel, ∨ To keep one's own counsel, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed.

The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all.

Syn. -- Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.

Counsel

Coun"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s?ld) ∨ Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling ∨ 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.

2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.

They who counsel war.

Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth.

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.

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Usage Examples

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

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Other Usage Examples

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. don't take counsel of your fears.

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.