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Counsel   /kˈaʊnsəl/   Listen
noun
Counsel  n.  
1.
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. "All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death."
2.
Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. "They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used."
3.
Result of consultation; advice; instruction. "I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised." "It was ill counsel had misled the girl."
4.
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. "The counsel of the Lord standeth forever." "The counsels of the wicked are deceit."
5.
A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. "Thilke lord... to whom no counsel may be hid."
6.
One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. "The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges." Note: 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.
In counsel, in secret. (Obs.)
To keep counsel, or
To keep one's own counsel, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed. "The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all."
Synonyms: Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.


verb
Counsel  v. t.  (past & past part. counseled or counselled; pres. part. counseling or counselling)  
1.
To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. "Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place."
2.
To advise or recommend, as an act or course. "They who counsel war." "Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth."





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"Counsel" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gustave Kahn took counsel of the past, and he has successfully avoided everything that even a hostile critic might be tempted to term an idea; for this I am grateful to him. Nor is his volume a collection of miscellaneous verses bound together. He has chosen ...
— Confessions of a Young Man • George Moore
... had hearkened well to the counsel that bade them "travel light." "Remember, every added ounce is against you." "Nobody in the North owns anything that's heavy," had been said in one fashion or another so often that it lost its ironic sound in the ...
— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
... afterwards brought to trial, but acquitted of having in any way participated in the riots and plundering and destruction of property which had occurred, as also that any of the disorders had occurred in consequence of his instigation or counsel. He undoubtedly was influenced in his proceedings by a warm affection for the Protestant faith, though it may be doubted whether he took the wisest course to support it. He wished that the multitudes he assembled should merely produce ...
— Hurricane Hurry • W.H.G. Kingston
... action was brought by Sir Edward Greville[134] against the Corporation respecting the toll-corn; and John Shakespeare, with Adrian Quyney and others, assisted to draw up suggestions for the use of the counsel for the defendants. On September 8 of that year the funeral of the old burgess took place at Stratford-on-Avon, but there is no trace now left of any sepulchral monument or memorial of any kind. No will or inventory, or ...
— Shakespeare's Family • Mrs. C. C. Stopes
... and, with the assistance of the German gentleman, skated towards him. He glided past them. They thought that maybe he did not know enough to stop, so they turned and skated after him. They chased him three times round the pond and then, feeling tired, eased up and took counsel together. ...
— The Angel and the Author - and Others • Jerome K. Jerome


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