Part 2332

<hw>Con"sul*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The office of a consul; consulate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The term of office of a consul.</def>

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<hw>Con*sult"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Consulted</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Consulting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>consultare</ets>, fr. <ets>consulere</ets> to consult: cf. f. <ets>consulter</ets>. Cf. <er>Counsel</er>.]</ety> <def>To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer.</def>

<blockquote>Let us <b>consult</b> upon to-morrow's business. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, <b>consulting</b> with the nobility and commons. <i>Hobbes.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*sult"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; <as>as, to <ex>consult</ex> a physician; to <ex>consult</ex> a dictionary.</as></def>

<blockquote>Men fergot, or feared, to <b>consult</b> . . . ; they were content to <b>consult</b> liberaries. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; <as>as, to <ex>consult</ex> one's wishes</as>.</def>

<blockquote>We are . . . to <b>consult</b> the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To deliberate upon; to take for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Manythings were there <b>consulted</b> for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou hast <b>consulted</b> shame to thy <?/use by cutting off many people. <i>Hab. ii. 10.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*sult"</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The council broke; And all grave <b>consults</b> dissolved in smoke. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A council; a meeting for consultation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>consult</i> of coquettes."

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Agreement; concert</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Con*sult"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.</def>

<cs><col>Consultary response</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the opinion of a court on a special case.</cd></cs>

<i>Wharton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con`sul*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consultatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>consultation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.</def>