consultn.1
/kənˈsʌlt/, /ˈkɒnsʌlt/, U.S. /kənˈsəlt/ Obsolete exc. Historical.
1. † c. A counsel. Obsolete.† d. Subject of consultation or deliberation.
a. The action of consulting, consultation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > counsel or consultation
redeOE
counsel?c1225
advisement1414
counselment1523
consultation1548
consult1560
advice1621
consulting1823
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting
aughteOE
redeOE
somrunec1275
speakingc1275
counselc1290
deliberationc1405
advisement1414
commoninga1425
communingc1425
imparlement1450
imparling1450
parleyc1490
parleying1508
counselment1523
parling1527
counsellinga1533
practice1540
interview1541
consultation1548
parliance1553
conference1555
enterparling1557
consult1560
imparlee1565
parlance1577
imparlance1579
parliamenting1582
deliberative1590
converse1614
parliamentation1622
powwowing1642
consulting1823
powwowism1873
1560 J. Frampton in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. xx. 242 The man of law..sitteth by the inquisitors in their consult.
1641 J. Shirley Cardinal iv. i The King and Cardinal in consult!
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 201 Upon consult of reason, there will bee found no easie assurance. View more context for this quotation
1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother i. i. 35 As I past The outward rooms, I found 'em in consult.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 719 Seen In close Consult.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 67 Or clustering sit, as if in deep consult.
b. (with a and plural) A consultation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > counsel or consultation > meeting or session
consultationc1425
consult1600
surgery1973
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference
councilc1275
parliamentc1325
consultationc1425
interview1514
view1520
talk1551
parle1552
colloquy1570
parley?a1580
enterparle1584
interparley1590
conference1592
enterparley1594
enterparlance1595
consult1600
antiparle1602
deliberation1632
consulto1659
conversation1703
palaver1735
consulta1768
korero1807
powwow1812
council-general1817
concilium1834
talk-in1966
think-in1966
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. ii. iv. 35 Whom their Uncles likewise took for their Assistants in that Consult.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 192 There were many secret consults what to do with him.
1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 321 Their consults produced resolutions of violence.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 357 What profound consults there were.
1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 247 The consult took place at St. James's.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun]
redeOE
rathec1175
counsel?c1225
governaila1382
advicec1390
advisement1409
visingc1480
vicea1500
manuduction1502
recommending1575
recommendation1585
aread1590
paraenesis1593
consult1654
guidant1691
advisal1765
shauri1874
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea i. 67 If ever..the candidness of my thoughts..and the freedome of my Consults have aim'd at any thing then the Reputation of your Majesty.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of debate or discussion
proposec1350
purposec1350
propositiona1382
problema1387
conclusionc1400
state of the causea1525
question1549
argumenta1568
thesis1579
disquisition1605
problem1645
consultation1663
consult1683
propos1816
issue1836
chat1861
debating point1927
battleground1931
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 278 His next Consult was, in what course of life he should fix himself.
1689 T. Rymer View Govt. Europe 70 All their consult is how to cheat him.
2. A meeting for consultation; the body of persons so meeting; in 17th cent. often spec. a secret meeting for purposes of sedition or intrigue, a cabal.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > private or secret
rounOE
collationc1384
consultc1634
huddle1929
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of > for the purposes of sedition or intrigue
conventicle1383
consultc1634
c1634 Earl of Strafford in Browning Life (1890) 154 Take heed of private meetings and consults in your chambers.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 102 Both Parties..Hearded only in consults.
1683 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 267 He had been at several consults for the taking of the king.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ix. 93 He Died of the Doctor. See a Consult of them marching in State to a Patient, attended by a Diminitive Apothecary.
1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxviii. 142 Stafford had assisted in a great consult of the catholics held at Tixal.
1823 W. Scott Peveril II. xi. 306 You saw him at a consult of the Jesuits in London.
3. Roman History. A decree of the senate [Latin senatus consultum] .
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1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 476 Be consult of the senate, he gaif his lauboris, first, that the templis..suld be recounseld, renewit, and purifyit.
a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xxviii. 532 It has often been inferred from a passage in Tacitus that consults or acts of the senate first acquired this virtue under the reign of Tiberius.
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† consultn.2
Obsolete. rare.
A skilled practitioner.
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society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > follower of occupation as profession > of learned or skilled profession
consult1704
professional1846
prof1951
1704 Gentleman Instructed (1732) 543 ‘Bon,’ cries the consult, ‘a happy prognostic’. ‘It cast her into convulsions,’ continued the maid. ‘Better yet,’ says the consult.
1778 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) IV. 138 So we have Juris consultus, a consult in law.
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consultv.
/kənˈsʌlt/, U.S. /kənˈsəlt/ 1. intransitive. To take counsel together, deliberate, confer; also said of a person deliberating with himself. Const. †of (obsolete), upon, about.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)]
thinkOE
thinkOE
bethinka1200
umthinka1300
to have mind ofc1300
casta1340
studya1375
delivera1382
to chew the cudc1384
to take advisementa1393
stema1400
compassc1400
advisec1405
deliberc1405
to make it wisec1405
to take deliberationc1405
enter?a1413
riddlec1426
hovec1440
devise?c1450
to study by (also in) oneself?c1450
considerc1460
porec1500
regard1523
deliberate1543
to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546
contemplate1560
consult1565
perpend1568
vise1568
to consider of1569
weigh1573
ruminate1574
dascanc1579
to lay to (one's) heart1588
pondera1593
debate1594
reflect1596
comment1597
perponder1599
revolvea1600
rumine1605
consider on, upon1606
to think twice1623
reflex1631
spell1645
ponderatea1652
to turn about1725
to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736
to wake over1771
incubatea1847
mull1857
fink1888
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate
roundc1275
to speak togetherc1275
to take counselc1290
counsel1297
treat1297
advisea1393
communea1393
to take deliberationc1405
common1416
to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads togetherc1425
janglec1440
bespeak1489
parliamenta1492
intercommonc1540
confer1545
parle1558
consult1565
imparl1572
break parle1594
handle1596
emparley1600
to confer notes1650
to compare notes1709
powwow1780
to get together1816
palaver1877
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Consilium summis de rebus habebant. Virg. They consulted of great matters.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. iv. 25 Come, let vs consult vpon to morrowes busines. View more context for this quotation
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Descr. Germanie iii, in Annales 264 In their bankets they consult of peace and warre.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 154 He that consulteth wisely, is a sorer enemy than he that assaulteth..unadvisedly.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶1 An Assembly of Country men and Foreigners consulting together upon the private Business of Mankind.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 2 The gods all sat consulting.
2.
a. consult with v. To take counsel with; to seek advice from. Also in indirect passive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from
counsel1382
to call in1483
consult with1548
preconsult1606
consulta1634
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxijv [He] came to London..where he deliberately consulted, with his especial frendes.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. xx. 21 When he had consulted with the people, he appointed Singers. View more context for this quotation
1678 Aubrey in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 129 [He desires that] Mr. Ray, may be consulted with for making such alterations.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ii. 18 [He] adopted the opinions of those with whom he consulted.
b. To take counsel with, refer to (a book, author, etc.), for information.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from > refer (a matter, etc.) to a higher authority
submitc1449
refer1469
defer1490
reject1533
to put over1573
revoke1599
consult1618
compromise1651
subcommit1652
relegate1846
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from > refer (a person) to a higher authority
sendc1449
consult1618
demit1646
relegate1870
1618 J. Hales Let. 15 Dec. 30 in Golden Remains (1659) He thinks, that if the Memories of those in the Synod were consulted with, they would all confirm it.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. v. 236 Consulting with maps.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 320 A man extremely well versed in old records, with which consulting, frequently, in the course of his studies.
1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §78 A watch..to be now and then consulted with concerning the hour of the day.
c. See also 5b.
a. transitive. To confer about, deliberate upon, debate, discuss, consider (a matter). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about
bespeakc1175
roundc1275
talka1387
discuss1402
commune1423
common1435
discutec1440
ventilate?1530
discourse1546
confer1552
consult?1553
imparlc1600
parle1631
conjobble1692
to talk over1734
chew1939
punt1945
to kick about1966
?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 54 There was this the kings matter debated..and consulted the space of many daies.
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. viii. 370 Many things were there consulted for the future.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 142 Which Scantlins were well consulted by able Workmen before they were reduced into an Act.
b. with the matter expressed by a clause.
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1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 6 Consultyng whether the cause be profitable or unprofitable.
1611 Bible (King James) John xii. 10 The chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 143 If we were rationally to consult, whether the Axis of the Earth were better be held steady..or left at random.
a1700 J. Dryden Misc. Wks. (1760) IV. 25 But when shall be The time to fight, the king consults with me.
a. with simple object. Obsolete.
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1611 Bible (King James) Micah vi. 5 Remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted . View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Hab. ii. 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house. View more context for this quotation
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 878 Vologeses was supposed to have consulted the invading of Armenia.
b. with infinitive. archaic.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > in concert
agree1523
consult1555
concert1581
preconcert1709
1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 227v They consulted to burne the shyppe.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxii. 4.
1646 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 233 He consulted to remove the whole wall by binding it about with ribs of iron and timber, to convey it into France.
5.
a. To provide for by consultation; to have especial respect or beneficial reference to (a person's good, interest, convenience, etc.) in forming plans; to take into consideration, have an eye to. [ < Latin consulere alicui.]
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > take into account, consider
thinka1225
reckona1375
aima1382
allowa1382
considerc1385
accounta1393
regard1512
impute1532
respect1548
to consider of1569
compute1604
to consult with1639
to take into (the) account1660
consult1682
consult for1814
to factor in1964
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide for the wants or needs of
frameOE
providec1425
sorrow1481
stake1547
exhibit1601
sorry1601
consult1682
organize1892
1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici 25 Every man..Consulted Soberly his private good; And sav'd himself as cheap as e'er he cou'd.
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. Ded. p. iv [We] see a preternatural Cloud arise, that neither Men nor Counsels were prophetick enough to consult.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 311. ¶6 Those whose Safety I would principally consult.
1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 49 The Honour of God and the Salvation of Men shall be at once consulted.
1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 286 We should consult neither the public interest, nor the interests of parliament and the constitution, nor our own dignity.
b. intransitive. †to consult with (obsolete), consult for: in the same sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > take into account, consider
thinka1225
reckona1375
aima1382
allowa1382
considerc1385
accounta1393
regard1512
impute1532
respect1548
to consider of1569
compute1604
to consult with1639
to take into (the) account1660
consult1682
consult for1814
to factor in1964
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. iv. 115 He neither consulted with his health nor honour.
1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iii. iv. 137 High Time, for men of Honour, who Consult with their Credit, to desist from such sinnes.
1814 R. Southey Roderick xviii For the general weal Consulting first.
1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 294 In doing this, I believe I am consulting for the good of my parish.
6. To ask advice of, seek counsel from; to have recourse to for instruction, guidance, or professional advice.
a. (a person). Also in modern use, to seek permission or approval from (a person) for a proposed action.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from > for a proposed action
consult1903
a1634 [see sense 6c].
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Consult, to advise with, or take Advice of.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 66 She has some..tartufish aunt..to consult upon the occasion.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 209 The men returned, and I consulted them as to the possibility, etc.
1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 480 One of the last works on which Mr. Telford was professionally consulted was..the improvement of Dover Harbour.
1878 J. de Styrap Code Med. Ethics 35 When a practitioner is consulted by a patient.
1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 25 When an author consulted him about a work.
1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iv. 148 Provided it is understood that my son is altogether dependent on me, and that I have to be consulted in any important step he may propose to take.
1924 A. A. Milne When we were very Young 32 You must never go down to the end of the town without consulting me.
1928 W. B. Yeats tr. Sophocles King Oedipus 26 Without consulting my father or my mother I went to Delphi.
1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xiv. 183 I have determined to put my property in Trust with you, so that you may have full power to handle everything according to your own discretion, without having to consult me every time.
1951 W. Faulkner Requiem for Nun i. 13 Not that he would have..refused his permission except by simple instinct;..but he would have refused at once if he thought the thing was contemplated without consulting him.
1985 N.Y. Times 7 July ii. 25/2 Before selecting the designs, the Secretary of the Treasury must consult the chairmen of the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation Inc. and the Federal Commission of Fine Arts.
b. figurative (a thing personified). to consult one's pillow (French consulter son chevet): to think over a thing at night; to take a night for reflection: see pillow n.
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1665 S. Pepys Diary 19 May (1972) VI. 106 Not to do anything suddenly, but consult my pillow.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 102. ⁋1 When she consulted her Looking-glass.
1770 Placid Man II. 198 She determined to consult her pillow upon it.
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) i. v. 29 He never consulted the weather.
c. spec. To refer to (a book or author); to ‘look up’ for information on some point.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)] > by consulting sources
looklOE
seek?a1500
to look upa1632
consulta1634
trawl1906
scan1926
screen1942
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from
counsel1382
to call in1483
consult with1548
preconsult1606
consulta1634
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 222 Both these last [ancient authors] I have consulted.
1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 12 Consult my French Gard'ner.
1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §24 We consult the writings of learned men.
1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 400 The reader should consult the Treatise on Optics by Sir Isaac Newton.
d. to consult one's feelings: to have respect to or regard for them in forming a determination. (Here there is an admixture of sense 5.)
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c1832 Lives Brit. Physicians 267 However wisely Jenner may have consulted his own feelings on this occasion, the public lost the benefit of his judgement.
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