preconsultv.
/ˌpriːkənˈsʌlt/, U.S. /ˌprikənˈsəlt/ transitive and intransitive. To consult beforehand or previously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > give advice [verb (intransitive)] > consult or take advice
redeeOE
to take (in early use (i-)nim) redeOE
rulea1387
advisea1393
takec1450
take1480
resolve1591
preconsult1606
to have (also take) under advisement1735
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
1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices ii. 57 Intelligence; which is a prouidence, cunning, or expert iudgement to put that in execution, which hath beene by right counsell preconsulted and determined.
1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 71 Euery one in these cases is not [a] fit or competent arbiter: it requireth the learned..whom euer to preconsult in these occasions is onely safe.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 14 These use to preconsult of generall matters tending to the administration of the Commonwealth..and make relation thereof to the Senat.
1683 S. Pepys Corr. (1841) I. 336 Had my mean advice been preconsulted in it.
1743 J. Wesley Let. 18 Aug. (1931) II. 17 The first considerable step you took..without preconsulting me, was the courting my poor sister.
1997 M2 PressWIRE (Nexis) 19 Sept. These decisions about the extent to which one preconsults with Russia are ones that are going to be made on a case-by-case basis.
2002 Printing World (Nexis) 11 Feb. 3 It cannot be expected to pre-consult prior to a closure proposal being aired publicly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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