Hypertext Webster Gateway: "counselling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) or
{Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} or {Counselling}.]
[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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

counselling
n : direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
[syn: {guidance}, {counsel}, {counseling}, {direction}]


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