counsel
/ˈkaʊn.səl/ verb C2- To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody). · The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.· Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.
- To recommend (a course of action). · I would counsel prudence in this matter.
He/she/it counsels · Past counseled · Past participle counseled · -ing form counseling
Verb forms
- Base form
- counsel
- He/she/it
- counsels
- Past
- counseled
- Past participle
- counseled
- -ing form
- counseling
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One of them interrupting him said, “If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us.”
A Fox, envying him the honour, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had not used it, she had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to lay hold of it.
They therefore chose as leaders Mice that were most renowned for their family descent, strength, and counsel, as well as those most noted for their courage in the fight, so that they might be better marshaled in battle array and formed into troops, regiments, and battalions.
On seeing this, his Dogs took counsel together, and said, “It is time for us to be off, for if the master spare not his oxen, who work for his gain, how can we expect him to spare us?”
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