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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To offer advice to; counsel.
  2. v. To recommend; suggest: advised patience.
  3. v. Usage Problem To inform; notify.
  4. v. To take counsel; consult: She advised with her associates.
  5. v. To offer advice.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To look at; view.
  2. To give counsel to; offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed: as, I advise you to be cautious *** speculation.
  3. To recommend as wise, *** etc.; suggest as the proper course of action: as, under these circumstances we advise abstinence.
  4. To give information to; communicate notice to; make acquainted with: followed by of before the thing communicated: as, the merchants were advised of the risk.
  5. Synonyms To counsel, admonish, suggest (to), recommend (to).—4. To inform, apprise, acquaint.
  6. To deliberate; take thought; consider; reflect: sometimes used reflexively.
  7. To take counsel; join others in deliberating; seek the advice of another or others: followed by with: as, I shall advise with my friends as to what is to be done.
  8. To counsel; give advice: as, I will act as you advise.
  9. [Advise and its derivatives have been used by old writers in a number of other applications connected with the notions of seeing, viewing, reflecting, etc., suggested by the etymology.]

Wiktionary

  1. v. To look at, watch; to see.
  2. v. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
  3. v. To give information or notice to; to inform; — with of before the thing communicated.
  4. v. To consider, to deliberate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
  2. v. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated.
  3. v. To consider; to deliberate.
  4. v. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
  2. v. inform (somebody) of something
  3. v. give advice to

Etymologies

  1. Middle English avisen, advisen, from Old French aviser, from avis, advice; see advice.

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