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verb

Consult v. t.

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 forgot, or feared, to consult nature...; they were content to consult libraries."

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."

To deliberate upon; to take for. (Obs.) "Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved."

To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. (Obs.) "Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people."

Consult v. i. (past & past part. consulted; pres. part. consulting) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. "Let us consult upon to-morrow's business." "All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons."

noun

Consult n.

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."

A council; a meeting for consultation. (Obs.) "A consult of coquettes."

Agreement; concert (Obs.)

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"Consult" Quotes from Famous Books

... to a general disaffection of the ship's Crew. Massey in the meantime, having contracted an intimacy with Lowther, they agreed to curb their enemies, and provide for themselves some other way; which the Captain perceiving, he goes on shore to the Governor and Factor, to consult what methods to take. But Lowther apprehending it was against him, he sent a letter in the same boat to Massey, advising him to repair on board, to put ...

— Pirates • Anonymous

... sons,' said Don Ribiera, 'we will go on deck and consult: let not any of the men follow us; it is useless risking lives which may yet ...

— The Pirate and The Three Cutters • Frederick Marryat

... over her knitting-needles in her favourite chair by the long French window. Brian had come to Wimperfield somewhat unexpectedly, while the London season was still at its height, and all the law courts in full swing. He came home invalided, and wanting rest and care: but he refused to consult the family doctor, a general practitioner born and bred in the adjacent village,—clever, sagacious, homely in dress and manners, and, in the opinion of Lady Palliser, a tower of strength. She ...

— The Golden Calf • M. E. Braddon

... his way home, well satisfied with himself. Walter could not now accuse him of being prejudiced, for he had given Christian Science an impartial investigation, besides he was congratulating himself that he had been wise enough to consult with a deep-thinking man like Parson Jones, before employing a practitioner, for that practitioner would have delighted in telling it to every person in his parish, and this would have resulted in the loss of his position. The parson felt he had ...

— The Pastor's Son • William W. Walter

... very day I discovered all the old hothouse frames stored away in the carriage-house, as good as new; and Mam Daphne told me so many tales about the violets and the lettuce that used to be the boast of Marchmont every winter, that I went over to consult papa's old gardener. Sister has actually consented to let me try my hand at raising both. I haven't told her yet that it is my ambition to furnish the fashionable club houses this winter with extra fine lettuce at fancy prices. Poor sister! She'll be horrified, after all ...

— Cicely and Other Stories • Annie Fellows Johnston

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