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Definition of Counsel
1. Verb. Give advice to. "They counsel him to write the letter"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
Specialized synonyms: Exhort, Press, Urge, Urge On, Deter, Dissuade, Admonish, Discourage, Monish, Warn, Tip, Tip Off, Misadvise, Misguide, Propound, Consult, Contraindicate
Generic synonyms: Discuss, Hash Out, Talk Over
Derivative terms: Advisable, Advisee, Advisement, Adviser, Advisor, Advisory, Advisory, Counseling, Counselling, Counsellor, Counselor
2. Noun. A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Attorney, Lawyer
Derivative terms: Counsellorship, Counselorship, Plead
3. Noun. Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
Specialized synonyms: Guideline, Road Map, Career Counseling, Cynosure, Genetic Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Confidential Information, Hint, Lead, Steer, Tip, Wind
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Definition of Counsel
1. n. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
2. v. t. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.
Definition of Counsel
1. Noun. The exchange of opinions and advice; consultation ¹
2. Noun. Advice or guidance so given ¹
3. Noun. A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC) ¹
4. Verb. To give advice, especially professional advice. ¹
5. Verb. To recommend ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counsel
1. to advise [v -SELED, -SELING, -SELS or -SELLED, -SELLING, -SELS] - See also: advise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counsel
Literary usage of Counsel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical by Thomas Hobbes (1885)
"Of counsel. How fallacious it is to judge of the nature of things by the ordinary
and inconstant use of words, appeareth in nothing more than in the ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"OF counsel. THE greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.
For in other confidences men commit the parts of life; their lands, ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"idea that the accused, if innocent, would be protected by the counsel and ...
The prosecution was usually presented by able counsel, and the keenest and ..."
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