advise
    v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students";
         "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
         [syn: rede, advise, counsel]
    2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent
       was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send
       word, apprise, apprize]
    3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator
       proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose,
       suggest, advise]

Advise \Ad*vise"\, v. t.
   1. To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.]
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            Advise if this be worth attempting.   --Milton.
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   2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to
      advise with friends.
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Advise \Ad*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advised; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Advising.] [OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F.
   aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L.
   videre, visum, to see. See Advice, and cf. Avise.]
   1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or
      expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no
      more advise thee." --Milton.
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   2. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of
      before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the
      risk.
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   To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take
      counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.]
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            Bid thy master well advise himself.   --Shak.
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   Syn: To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint.
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