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consult

noun
/ˈkɒnsʌlt/UK/ˈkɑnsʌlt/US/kənˈsʌlt/

Etymology

From Middle French consulter, from Latin cōnsultō (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulō (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”), from com- (“together”) + -sulō, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take, grab”).

  1. borrowed from consulto
  2. borrowed from cōnsultum
  3. borrowed from consulte

Definitions

  1. A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor

    A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.

  2. The act of consulting or deliberating

    The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.

    • For firſt upon conſult of reaſon, there will bee found no eaſie aſſurance for to faſten a materiall or temperamentall propriety upon any nation; […]

  3. The result of consultation

    The result of consultation; determination; decision.

    • [T]he council broke; / And all their grave conſults diſſolv'd in ſmoke.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A council

      A council; a meeting for consultation.

      • a consult of coquettes

    2. Agreement

      Agreement; concert.

    3. To seek the opinion or advice of another

      To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

      • Let us consult upon to-morrow's business.
      • 1661 (written), published in 1681, Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons.

    4. To advise or offer expertise.

      • Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is.

    5. To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.

    6. To ask advice of

      To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)

      • If you have no library commission, consult a lawyer and get from him a careful statement of what can be done under present statutory regulations.

    7. To refer to (something) for information.

      • Which reminds me that I have never remembered from that hour to consult the dictionary upon a selvage.
      • Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature, to seek for new truths, to do what the great discoverers of other times had done; they were content to consult libraries.

    8. To have reference to, in judging or acting

      To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

      • We are […] to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight.

    9. To deliberate upon

      To deliberate upon; to take for.

      • Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved.

    10. To bring about by counsel or contrivance

      To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

      • Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people.

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Derived

consultability, consultable, consultancy, consultative, consultee, consulter, consulting room, consultive, consultor, consultress, e-consulting, nonconsulted, nonconsulting, reconsult, teleconsult, unconsulted, unconsulting

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consult. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at consult. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at consult

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA