Verb

(en verb)

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 of England, consulting with the nobility and commons. - .

To advise or offer expertise.

To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.

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''' ... ; 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. -L'Estrange.

(obsolete): To deliberate upon; to take for.

Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. -.

(obsolete): To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Thou hast consulted shame to thy use by cutting off many people. - Bible, Heb. ii. 10.

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To think about seriously.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep / I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Considered all things visible.

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(label) To think of doing.

(label) To assign some quality to.

* (1800-1859)

Considered as plays, his works are absurd.

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* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

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(label) To look at attentively.

* Bible, (w) xxxi. 16

She considereth a field, and buyeth it.

(label) To take up as an example.

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To debate or dispose of a motion.

To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Consider , sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident.

* (1628–1699)

England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.