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consult (k<ocr/n*s<ucr/lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] [L. cons
| consult | (k<ocr/n*s<ucr/lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.]
To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
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-Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak.
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-All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes.
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| consult | , v. t. 1.
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.
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-Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries. Whewell.
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2.
To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
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-We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. L'Estrange.
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3.
To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]
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-Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon.
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4.
To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.]
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-Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. Hab. ii. 10.
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| consult | (k<ocr/n*s<ucr/lt" <it>or</it> k<ocr/n"s<ucr/lt), n. 1.
The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]
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