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)

To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

* (John Locke)

Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian

, title= Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}

To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 24, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club

, title= Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= Sarah Boseley

, volume=189, issue=10, page=15, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Children shun vegetables and fruit , passage=The [British Heart Foundation's] data […] suggests there has been little improvement in eating, drinking and exercise habits in spite of the concern about obesity and the launch of the government's child measurement programme, which warns parents if their children are overweight. About a third of under-16s across the UK are either overweight or obese.}}

To ask for without demanding.

To recommend.

* , chapter=19

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}

(obsolete) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

* (William Shakespeare)

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested .