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Consult Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Consult? [v] consult (archaic); "The student should take counsel with himself" [v] advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry" [v] have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [v] seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" [v] when planning or deciding something [v] get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" [v] advise professionally; work as a consultant Synonyms \| Synonyms for Consult: confab \| confabulate \| confer \| confer with \| look up \| refer \| take counsel Related Terms \| Find terms related to Consult: advise \| advise with \| bargain \| blow \| call in \| cast away \| cogitate \| collogue \| compare notes \| confab \| confabulate \| confer \| confer with \| consider \| consult with \| counsel \| deliberate \| devour \| discuss \| discuss with \| dissipate \| drivel \| eat \| examine \| exchange observations \| exchange views \| exhaust \| expend \| feed on \| finish \| fritter \| GO \| have conversations \| hold conference \| huddle \| ingest \| inquire of \| interrogate \| look up \| meal \| negotiate \| palaver \| parley \| partake of \| powwow \| put heads together \| question \| reason with \| refer to \| run through \| sit down together \| sit down with \| spend \| squander \| take \| take counsel \| take counsel with \| take up with \| talk over \| throw away \| treat \| trifle away \| use up \| wash up See Also \| advise \| ask \| collogue \| consider \| consider \| counsel \| count \| debate \| deliberate \| discuss \| do work \| enquire \| inquire \| moot \| research \| talk over \| turn over \| weigh \| work Consult In Webster's Dictionary \Consult"\ (k[o^]ns[u^]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. --Hobbes. \Consult"\, v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . .; they were content to consult liberaries. --Whewell. 2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. --L'Estrange. 3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.] Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. --Clarendon. 4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.] Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. --Hab. ii. 10. \Consult"\ (? or ?), n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.] The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. --Dryden. 2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] ``A consult of coquettes.'' --Swift. 3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden.

Consult Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Consult?

[v] consult (archaic); "The student should take counsel with himself"
[v] advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"
[v] have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
[v] seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes"
[v] when planning or deciding something
[v] get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision"
[v] advise professionally; work as a consultant

Consult In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare,
fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.]
To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to
deliberate together; to confer.

      Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak.

      All the laws of England have been made by the kings
      England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
                                               --Hobbes.


\Con*sult"\, v. t.
1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for
   information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a
   physician; to consult a dictionary.

         Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . .; they were
         content to consult liberaries.        --Whewell.

2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard
   to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

         We are . . . to consult the necessities of life,
         rather than matters of ornament and delight.
                                               --L'Estrange.

3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]

         Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet
         nothing was positively resolved.      --Clarendon.

4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to
   contrive. [Obs.]

         Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting
         off many people.                      --Hab. ii. 10.


\Con*sult"\ (? or ?), n.
1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also,
   the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]

         The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved
         in smoke.                             --Dryden.

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] ``A consult
   of coquettes.'' --Swift.

3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden.

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