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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advice.]
1. To give counsel to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; as, I advise you to be cautious of speculation.
2. 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.
3. To deliberate, consider, or consult.
Advise thyself of what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 1 Chronicles 21.
But in this sense, it is usually intransitive.
ADVI'SE, v.i. To deliberate, weigh well, or consider.
Advise and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 1 Samuel 24.
To advise with is to consult for the purpose of taking the opinions of others.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: rede, advise, counsel]
2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize]
3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise]

Merriam Webster's

verb (advised; advising) Etymology: Middle English, to look at, consider, advise, from Anglo-French aviser, from avis Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to give advice to ; counsel <advise her to try a drier climate> b. caution, warn <advise them of the consequences> c. recommend <advise prudence> 2. to give information or notice to ; inform <advise them of their rights> intransitive verb 1. to give advice <advise on legal matters> 2. to take counsel ; consult <advise with friends> • adviser also advisor noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. (also absol.) give advice to. 2 tr. recommend; offer as advice (they advise caution; advised me to rest). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by of, or that + clause) inform, notify. 4 intr. (foll. by with) US consult. Etymology: ME f. OF aviser f. L ad to + visare frequent. of videre see

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Advise Ad*vise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advised; p. pr. & vb. n. Advising.] [OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F. aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See Advice, and cf. Avise.] 1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. ``I shall no more advise thee.'' --Milton. 2. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk. To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.] Bid thy master well advise himself. --Shak. Syn: To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Advise Ad*vise", v. t. 1. To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.] Advise if this be worth attempting. --Milton. 2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(advises, advising, advised) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do. The minister advised him to leave as soon as possible... Herbert would surely advise her how to approach the bank... I would strongly advise against it... Doctors advised that he should be transferred to a private room. VERB: V n to-inf, V n wh, V against n, V that, also V with quote 2. If an expert advises people on a particular subject, he or she gives them help and information on that subject. ...an officer who advises undergraduates on money matters... A family doctor will be able to advise on suitable birth control. VERB: V n on n, V on n 3. If you advise someone of a fact or situation, you tell them the fact or explain what the situation is. (FORMAL) I think it best that I advise you of my decision to retire. = inform, apprise VERB: V n of n 4. see also ill-advised, well advised

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Counsel, admonish, suggest, recommend to, give counsel to, give advice to. 2. Inform, acquaint, apprise, notify, make known to, give notice to, send word to, write word to. II. v. n. Confer, consult, deliberate, take counsel, hold a conference.

Moby Thesaurus

acquaint, admonish, advertise, advertise of, advocate, alert, apprise, brief, bring word, caution, clue, coach, coax, collogue, commend, communicate, confab, confabulate, confer, consult, consult with, counsel, cry havoc, deliberate, direct, disclose, encourage, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give fair warning, give notice, give the facts, give warning, give word, guide, huddle, impart, induce, inform, instruct, issue an ultimatum, kibitz, leave word, let know, let out, meddle, mention to, notify, parley, persuade, post, powwow, prescribe, propose, recommend, register, report, reveal, send word, serve notice, sound the alarm, speak, submit, suggest, tell, threaten, tip, tip off, treat, urge, utter a caveat, verse, warn, warn against, win over