dictionary definitions for "advise"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  advise
      v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students";
           "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
           [syn: rede, advise, counsel]
      2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent
         was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, {send
         word}, apprise, apprize]
      3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator
         proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose,
         suggest, advise]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Advise \Ad*vise"\, v. t.
     1. To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.]
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              Advise if this be worth attempting.   --Milton.
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     2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to
        advise with friends.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Advise \Ad*vise"\, v. t. [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.
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     2. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of
        before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the
        risk.
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     To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take
        counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.]
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              Bid thy master well advise himself.   --Shak.
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     Syn: To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint.
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