DISCOUNSEL

Etymology

Verb

discounsel (third-person singular simple present discounsels, present participle discounseling or discounselling, simple past and past participle discounseled or discounselled)

(obsolete, transitive) To advise (someone) against doing something. [15th-17th c.]

Anagrams

• cloudiness, senoculids, undisclose

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*coun"sel, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.]

Definition: To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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