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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

... systematically laughed at that it amounts to little less than philosophical suicide for anyone to stand up in his behalf. Not one of our scientific elders or chief priests but would caution a student rather to avoid the three great men whom I have named than to consult them. It is a perilous task therefore to try and take evolution from the pedestal on which it now appears to stand so securely, and to put it back upon the one raised for it by its propounders; yet this is what I believe will have to be done ...

— Evolution, Old & New - Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, - as compared with that of Charles Darwin • Samuel Butler

... conviction, supported, as I think, by all the evidence, I am still for peace. Show me now any proposition that will secure peace, and I will go for it if I can. We came here to take each other by the hand, to compare views, explain, consult. We meet you in the most reasonable spirit. Any thing that honorable men ...

— A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention • Lucius Eugene Chittenden

... early days of Mrs. Wilson's business life, she had made it a rule to consult her husband on every subject of importance; but it had speedily proved to be a formality. Tom tried manfully to show a deep interest which he did not feel, and his wife gave up, little by little, telling him much about her affairs. She said that she liked to drop business ...

— Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches • Sarah Orne Jewett

... modern politics under a republican form of government? In some of our western States we have already seen what the women can do and the day will come when they will vote with us just as they read with us, talk with us, ride with us and consult with us. The most important object of our Government is education. The most important part of education is the education of the young. The most important factor in education of the young is woman's influence, and when it comes to saying who shall decide ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V • Ida Husted Harper

... other of them was always dancing attendance on him. It so happened that one afternoon, whilst the servants were having their tea, Martha found herself alone in the upper part of the house with her precious nephew. Mr. Whittingen had gone to Edinburgh to consult his lawyer (the head of the firm with whom Harvey was articled) on business, whilst Mrs. Whittingen had taken her son and daughter-in-law for a drive. The weather was glorious, and Martha, though as little appreciative of the beauties of nature as most commercial-minded young women, could not but ...

— Scottish Ghost Stories • Elliott O'Donnell

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