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Counseled

Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s[e^]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 reason's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth.
    --Milton.

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counseled

vb. (en-past of: counsel)

Usage examples of "counseled".

Keoki was afraid there would be serious rioting, and Noelani counseled caution, but Malama was obdurate.

Nyuk Tsin counseled, "the boy's mother wore a very pkin dress, and her hair straight back, and she kept her eyes on the floor.

I said, "an eremite came among them and counseled the emperor of the yellow army to dress his men in green, and the master of the green army that he should clothe it in yellow.

Simple truth, Wintrow counseled himself, spoken without anger or bitterness.

As she often did when perplexed, she had come here to think and try to decide what Ephron would have counseled her.

Galileo’s daughter, who made many of his pills and tonics in the convent apothecary shop, frequently counseled him in her letters to limit “the drinking that is so hurtful to you” because of the “great risk of getting sick.

Thus, as much as she pined to have her father back at Il Gioiello, she counseled him, out of concern for his welfare, to enjoy the hospitality of his Roman hosts as long as possible.

On the next attempt, he counseled, the workers must tightly anchor the top handles of the inner mold to the pavement to prevent a recurrence.

With a kindly, paternal air, Gridley also counseled him to "pursue the study of the law itself, rather than the gain of it," and not to marry early.

But I took a breath and presented a cheerful countenance to Sitswell, as Burrich had counseled me.

He counseled us long against any sort of sensual longings, in which he included desiring food, sleep, or warmth.

I listened to his words, and as he had counseled us earlier, I tried to let go of every sensory awareness I had and be open only to him.

Chade would not be proud of you just now, I counseled myself, and refused to smile.

You have counseled me to keep his disappearance a secret, lest we panic the people and precipitate rash decisions.

After a space: "Know men before you share your deepest secrets with them," I counseled him.