COUNSEL

guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction

(noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader

(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court

rede, advise, counsel

(verb) give advice to; “The teacher counsels troubled students”; “The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

counsel (countable and uncountable, plural counsels)

The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.

Exercise of judgment; prudence.

Advice; guidance.

Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.

(obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).

Usage notes

In the sense 'lawyer', the plural is usually unchanged counsel.

Synonyms

• See also advice

Verb

counsel (third-person singular simple present counsels, present participle counseling or counselling, simple past and past participle counseled or counselled)

(transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).

(transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

Synonyms

• See also advise

Anagrams

• conules, leucons, unclose

Source: Wiktionary

Coun"sel (koun"sl), n. Etym: [OE. conc, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul.]

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. Matt. xxvii. 1.

2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. Hooker.

3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction. I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak. It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson.

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5.

5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower.

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. Macaulay.

Note: The some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management iof 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. Kent. In counsel, in secret. [Obs.] Chaucer.

– 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. Shak.

Syn.

– Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.

Coun"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-sld) or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or Counselling.] Etym: [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.]

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. Shak.

2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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