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21counsel — counselable; esp. Brit., counsellable, adj. /kown seuhl/, n., pl. counsel for 3, v., counseled, counseling or (esp. Brit.) counselled, counselling. n. 1. advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another. 2.… …
22counsel — coun|sel1 [ˈkaunsəl] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: conseil, from Latin consilium, from consulere; CONSULT] 1.) a type of lawyer who represents you in court counsel for ▪ The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain. 2.) keep …
23counsel — /ˈkaʊnsəl / (say kownsuhl) noun 1. advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgement or conduct of another. 2. interchange of opinions as to future procedure; consultation; deliberation: to take counsel with one s partners. 3.… …
24counsel — 1 noun technical 1 (singular) a type of lawyer who represents you in court: The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain. 2 keep your own counsel to keep your plans, opinions etc secret 3 (U) literary advice 2 verb (T) 1 formal to advise… …
25counsel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. & n. See advice. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Advice] Syn. guidance, instruction, direction; see advice , suggestion 1 . 2. [A lawyer] Syn. attorney, legal adviser, barrister, counselor(s); see adviser …
26counsel — I UK [ˈkaʊns(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms counsel : present tense I/you/we/they counsel he/she/it counsels present participle counselling past tense counselled past participle counselled ** 1) to give someone advice and help with their… …
27counsel — n. & v. n. 1 advice, esp. formally given. 2 consultation, esp. to seek or give advice. 3 (pl. same) a barrister or other legal adviser; a body of these advising in a case. 4 a plan of action. v.tr. (counselled, counselling; US counseled,… …
28counsel — coun|sel1 [ kaunsl ] (present participle coun|sel|ing or coun|sel|ling; past tense and past participle coun|seled or coun|selled) verb transitive ** 1. ) to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job: She has spent… …
29counsel — noun 1》 advice, especially that given formally. ↘archaic consultation. 2》 (plural same) a barrister or other legal adviser conducting a case. verb (counsels, counselling, counselled; US counsels, counseling, counseled) 1》 give advice to …
30counsel — coun•sel [[t]ˈkaʊn səl[/t]] n. pl. sel for3 1) advice; opinion or instruction regarding the judgment or conduct of another 2) interchange of opinions as to future procedure; consultation; deliberation 3) law (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the… …
