counseled

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counseled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s[e^]ld)
     or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or
     Counselling.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller,
     fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.]
     1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a
        person.
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              Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
              To leave this place.                  --Shak.
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     2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
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              They who counsel war.                 --Milton.
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              Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb,
              Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton.
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