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con⋅sult
[v. kuh
n-suhlt; n. kon-suhlt, kuhn-suhlt] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to seek advice or information from; ask guidance from: Consult your lawyer before signing the contract. |
| 2. | to refer to for information: Consult your dictionary for the spelling of the word. |
| 3. | to have regard for (a person's interest, convenience, etc.) in making plans. |
| 4. | Obsolete. to meditate, plan, or contrive. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to consider or deliberate; take counsel; confer (usually fol. by with): He consulted with his doctor. |
| 6. | to give professional or expert advice; serve as consultant. |
–noun
| 7. | a consultation. |
| 8. | Archaic. a secret meeting, esp. one for seditious purposes. |
Origin:
1525–35; (< MF consulter) < L consultāre to deliberate, consult, freq. of consulere to consult, take counsel; cf. consul
1525–35; (< MF consulter) < L consultāre to deliberate, consult, freq. of consulere to consult, take counsel; cf. consul
Synonyms:
1. Consult, confer imply talking over a situation or a subject with someone to decide points in doubt. To consult is to seek from a presumably qualified person or source advice, opinion, etc.: to consult an authority. To confer is to exchange views: The partners conferred concerning their business.
1. Consult, confer imply talking over a situation or a subject with someone to decide points in doubt. To consult is to seek from a presumably qualified person or source advice, opinion, etc.: to consult an authority. To confer is to exchange views: The partners conferred concerning their business.
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| con·sult (kən-sŭlt') v. con·sult·ed, con·sult·ing, con·sults v. tr.
A consultation, especially one involving physicians. [French consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre, frequentative of cōnsulere, to take counsel.] con·sult'er n. |
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Consult
Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. 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.Consult
Con*sult"\, v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. 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.Consult
Con*sult"\ (? or ?), n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.] 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.
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Language Translation for : consult
Spanish:
consultar,
German:
befragen,
Japanese:
相談する
Main Entry: con·sult
Pronunciation: k&n-'s<
Function: transitive verb
: to ask the advice or opinion of <consult a doctor>
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