Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak.
All the laws of England have been made by the kings
England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
--Hobbes.
Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . .; they were
content to consult liberaries. --Whewell.
2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard
to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
We are . . . to consult the necessities of life,
rather than matters of ornament and delight.
--L'Estrange.
3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]
Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet
nothing was positively resolved. --Clarendon.
4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to
contrive. [Obs.]
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting
off many people. --Hab. ii. 10.
The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved
in smoke. --Dryden.
2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] ``A consult
of coquettes.'' --Swift.
3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden.