See Also: Right To Counsel(law)
COUNSEL(law)
Counsel:(law)
counsel(2)(dictionary)
counsel(1)(dictionary)
General Counsel(law)
Junior Counsel(law)
Queens Counsel(law)
COUNSEL TO ASSIST(law)
Bond counsel(money)

counsel(2) (iou)



counsel verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. ME.
[Old French cons(e)illier (mod. conseiller) from Latin consiliari, from consilium: see COUNSEL noun.]
verb trans. Give or offer counsel or counselling to (a person); advise (to do). ME.
Lytton Since we have thus met, I will pause to counsel you. J. McPhee The passenger..counselled the pilot to stay with the principal stream in sight.
b. verb intrans. Give or offer counsel (to a course or purpose). Now rare or obsolete. LME.
verb trans. Recommend (a plan, suggestion, etc.; that). ME.
E. M. Forster His mother..would be pleased; she had counselled the step. M. Edwardes Armstrong counselled that we should moderate the letter.
verb trans. Ask counsel of, consult. ME-M16.
verb intrans. Take counsel with others, deliberate. ME.
counsellable adjective (a) willing to be counselled; (b) (of a thing) advisable: M16.
counse'llee noun a person who receives counselling M20.