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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Deliberate consideration; knowledge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>How shall I dote on her with more <b>advice</b>, That thus without <b>advice</b> begin to love her? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Information or notice given; intelligence; <as>as, late <ex>advices</ex> from France</as>; -- commonly in the plural.</def>

<note>&hand; In commercial language, <i>advice</i> usually means information communicated by letter; -- used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of <i>advice</i>.</note>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Crim. Law)</fld> <def>Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<cs><col>Advice boat</col>, <cd>a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat.</cd> -- <col>To take advice</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To accept advice.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To consult with another or others.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice.</syn>

<h1>Advisability</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>

<hw>Ad*vis`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being advisable; advisableness.</def>

<h1>Advisable</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>

<hw>Ad*vis"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.</def>

<blockquote>Some judge it <b>advisable</b> for a man to account with his heart every day. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ready to receive advice.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>South.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Expedient; proper; desirable; befitting.</syn>

<h1>Advisable-ness</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>

<hw>Ad*vis"a*ble-ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.</def>

<h1>Advisably</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>

<hw>Ad*vis"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With advice; wisely.</def>

<h1>Advise</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>

<hw>Ad*vise"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Advised</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Advising</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>avisen</ets> to perceive, consider, inform, F. <ets>aviser</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>advisare</ets>. <ets>advisare</ets>; <ets>ad + visare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>videre</ets>, <ets>visum</ets>, to see. See <er>Advice</er>, and cf. <er>Avise</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.</def> "I shall no more <i>advise</i> thee."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with <i>of</i> before the thing communicated; <as>as, we were <ex>advised</ex> of the risk</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To advise one's self</col>, <cd>to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<blockquote>Bid thy master well <b>advise</b> himself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint.</syn>