Advise
[əd'vaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) inform (somebody) of something; 'I advised him that the rent was due'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
(v. t.) To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk.
(v. t.) To consider; to deliberate.
(v. t.) To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.
Editor: Lorna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Counsel, admonish, suggest, recommend to, give counsel to, give advice to.[2]. Inform, acquaint, apprise, make known to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.
v. n. Confer, consult, deliberate, take counsel, hold a conference.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Admonish, warn, deliberate, counsel, persuade, urge, prompt, instigate, incite,instruct, acquaint, inform
ANT:Dissuade,[See DETER], expostulate, {[rwnoastraVe]?}, prohibit, {[UiiiibiV]?},restrain
Checked by Flossie
Definition
v.t. to give advice or counsel to: to recommend: to inform (usually with of).—v.i. to consult (with): (obs.) to deliberate:—pr.p. advīs′ing; pa.p. advīsed′.—ns. Advisabil′ity Advis′ableness.—adj. Advis′able that may be advised or recommended: prudent: expedient: open to advice.—adv. Advis′ably.—adjs. Advis′atory (rare); Advised′ cautious: deliberate as in well-advised and ill-advised.—adv. Advis′edly intentionally.—ns. Advis′edness deliberate consideration: prudent procedure; Advise′ment (obs. or arch.) counsel deliberation; Advis′er one who advises or gives advice; Advis′ing (Shak.) counsel advice.
Typist: Sonia
Examples
- What would you advise me to do? Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the first case, I advise you, as a friend, to have nothing to do with that cold ham at your elbow, and to wait till the omelette comes in. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I would not advise much detention, however, until you reach the Danville Road, which I would like you to strike as near to the Appomattox as possible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I now affectionately advise, I now most earnestly entreat, you two to part as you came here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I cannot conscientiously advise you to do it in dependence on any activity of mine. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And Celia the matron naturally felt more able to advise her childless sister. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Better to say at once, sir, returned Richard, that you renounce all confidence in me and that you advise Ada to do the same. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was only to-day that I spoke to Major Prendergast about my troubles and was advised by him to come to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had arrived on the evening of the 5th, but had not advised me of the fact and I was not aware of it until some time after. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I could not have advised you to it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was this, I conceive, which led to the Shade's being advised by the gallery to turn over! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Leave it by all means, advised the Father, for be sure that no good will come of these strange arts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Whereupon he began again to think that my brain was disturbed, of which he gave me a hint, and advised me to go to bed in a cabin he had provided. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I have advised him to do that. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The view she took of her position was so thoroughly sound and sensible, that I was relieved of all necessity for advising her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am advising you for your good, returned the Count, with a smile of quiet contempt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My only scruple in advising the match was on his account, as being beneath his deserts, and a bad connexion for him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Advising them in time, it should be possible to unite fifty rifles of a certain dependability. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Have you been advising him since? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He felt no hesitation in assuming the functions of the executive, or in acting without advising with him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here he saw that the fort had not been injured, and so reported to Butler, advising against an assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Arnold Bennett puts forth a rather curious hybrid when he advises us to treat ourselves as free agents and everyone else as an automaton. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Poor Dick farther advises, and says, _Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It's my old girl that advises. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nor by reason of a knowledge which advises about brazen pots, I said, nor as possessing any other similar knowledge? Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Whitney