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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

... demoiselle," said the captain, with an air almost respectful; "it is necessary thou and Sir John should follow us, but we will treat you well, and consult later on the ransom ye will pay us. Jock, discharge the young sumpter mule; put its load on the black one. We have no better equipment for thee, lady; but the first haquenee we find shall replace the mule, ...

— The Last Of The Barons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... child. Went to consult a doctor one time about some ailment. The doctor abused his position and took advantage of his patient, and when she complained, gave her 4 as compensation. When that was spent, having lost her character, she came on the town. We looked the ...

— "In Darkest England and The Way Out" • General William Booth

... tamely of acute pneumonia just when his various different political arrangements were nearing completion or whether it transpired he owed his death to his having neglected to change his boots and clothes-after a wetting when a cold resulted and failing to consult a specialist he being confined to his room till he eventually died of it amid widespread regret before a fortnight was at an end or quite possibly they were distressed to find the job was taken out of their hands. Of course nobody being acquainted with his movements even before there ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... three lacs of rupees, I am to inform you, it took its rise from a message sent me by the Begum, requesting I would interest myself with the Nabob to have Akbar Ali Khan released to her for a few hours, having something of importance to communicate to me, on which she wished to consult him. Thinking the service might be benefited by it, I accordingly desired the Nabob would be pleased to deliver him to my charge, engaging to return him the same night,—which I did. I heard no more till next day, when the Begum requested to ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... said to himself rather than to any of that company. "God bless my soul!" He moved away from the table. "I think I'll go and see Millie. Yes! I'll consult with Millie," and he ascended the stairs heavily, a very downcast and bewildered man. It seemed as though old age had suddenly found him out, and bowed his shoulders and taken the spring from his limbs. Something of this he felt himself, for ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

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