 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counsel \Coun"sel\ (koun"s[e^]l), noun [OE. conseil, 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. --Matt. xxvii. 1.
2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.
They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. --Hooker.
3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. --Shak.
It was ill counsel had misled the girl. --Tennyson.
4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. --Ps. xxxiii. 11.
The counsels of the wicked are deceit. --Prov. xii. 5.
5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. --Gower.
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. --Macaulay.
Note: In some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management of 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}, or
{To keep one's own counsel}, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed.
The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. --Shak.
Syn: Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counsel \Coun"sel\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s[e^]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 reason's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
counsel
noun
1: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate}, {counselor}, {counsellor}, {counselor-at-law}, {pleader}]
2: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: {guidance}, {counseling}, {counselling}, {direction}]
verb: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: {advise}] [also: {counselling}, {counselled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
160 Moby Thesaurus words for "counsel": Dutch uncle, Polonius, admonisher, admonition, advice, advise, advise with, advisement, adviser, advising, advisor, advocacy, advocate, agent, aim, ambition, amicus curiae, animus, aspiration, attorney, attorney-at-law, backseat driver, bar, bargain, barrister, barrister-at-law, brief, briefing, brooding, buttinsky, call in, caution, caveat, coach, collogue, compare notes, confer, confer with, confidant, consideration, consult, consult with, consultant, consultation, contemplation, council, counselor, counselor-at-law, deliberate, deliberation, deputy, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, direct, direction, discuss, discuss with, discussion, effect, exchange observations, exchange views, exhortation, expert, expostulation, fixed purpose, friend at court, function, guidance, guide, have conversations, hold conference, hortation, idea, instruct, instruction, instructor, intendment, intent, intention, intercessor, judgement, kibitz, kibitzer, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legal profession, legalist, lucubration, meaning, meddle, meddler, meditation, mentor, mind, monition, monitor, motive, mouthpiece, musing, negotiate, nestor, nisus, opinion, orienter, palaver, parley, plan, pleader, pleading, point, pondering, powwow, preceptist, prescribe, proctor, procurator, project, proposal, propose, prospectus, purpose, put heads together, reason with, recommend, recommendation, refer to, reflection, remonstrance, representation, resolution, resolve, revolving, rumination, sake, sea lawyer, self-styled lawyer, sit down together, sit down with, solicitor, speculation, striving, study, submit, suggest, suggestion, take counsel, take up with, talk over, teacher, thought, view, warning, weighing, will
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |