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]:
Advise \Ad*vise"\, verb (used with an object)
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: {counsel}]
2: give information or notice to; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: {notify}, {give notice}, {send word}, {apprise}, {apprize}]
3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something [syn: {propose}, {suggest}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "advise": acquaint, admonish, advertise, advertise of, advocate, alert, apprise, brief, bring word, caution, clue, coach, coax, collogue, commend, communicate, confab, confabulate, confer, consult, consult with, counsel, cry havoc, deliberate, direct, disclose, encourage, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give fair warning, give notice, give the facts, give warning, give word, guide, huddle, impart, induce, inform, instruct, issue an ultimatum, kibitz, leave word, let know, let out, meddle, mention to, notify, parley, persuade, post, powwow, prescribe, propose, recommend, register, report, reveal, send word, serve notice, sound the alarm, speak, submit, suggest, tell, threaten, tip, tip off, treat, urge, utter a caveat, verse, warn, warn against, win over
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