 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
advised
adjective
1: having the benefit of careful prior consideration or
counsel; "a well-advised delay in carrying out the
plan" [syn: {well-advised}] [ant: {ill-advised}]
2: having received information; "be kept advised"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Advise \Ad*vise"\, verb (used with an object) [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. ''I shall
no more advise thee.'' --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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
advised \ad*vised"\ adjective
1. 1 Carefully thought out; likely to be the best course; --
said of actions. Often used in combination; as,
ill-advised, well-advised. Also See: wise {unadvised,
ill-advised}
Syn: considered, well-advised
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Having received information; as, be kept advised.
{uninformed}
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "advised":
aforethought, aimed, aimed at, calculated, conscious, considered,
contemplated, deliberate, deliberated, designed, envisaged,
envisioned, intended, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated,
of design, planned, premeditated, prepense, projected, proposed,
purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, studied, studious,
teleological, thought-out, voluntary, weighed, willful, witting
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