n. [ OE. conseil, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul. ]
All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
In counsel,
To keep counsel,
To keep one's own counsel,
The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. Shak.
v. t.
Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They who counsel war. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb,
Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Written also counsellable. ]
Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
n. same as counselor.
n. the position of counselor; same as counselorship.
n.
Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Good counselors lack no clients. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a lawyer who pleads cases in court.
n. The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller. ] To dissuade. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To counsel or advise wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]
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