counsel
♦ coun|sel /k'aʊnsəl/ (counsels counselling counselled)
in AM, use counseling, counseled
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Counsel is advice. (FORMAL)
He had always been able to count on her wise counsel...
His parishioners sought his counsel and loved him.
2 [VERB] V n to-inf, V n
If you counsel someone to take a course of action, or if you counsel a course of action, you advise that course of action. (FORMAL)
My advisers counselled me to do nothing...
The prime minister was right to counsel caution about military intervention.
3 [VERB] V n, V n on n
If you counsel people, you give them advice about their problems.
...a psychologist who counsels people with eating disorders...
Crawford counsels her on all aspects of her career.
4 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
Someone's counsel is the lawyer who gives them advice on a legal case and speaks on their behalf in court.
Singleton's counsel said after the trial that he would appeal...
in AM, use counseling, counseled
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Counsel is advice. (FORMAL)
He had always been able to count on her wise counsel...
His parishioners sought his counsel and loved him.
2 [VERB] V n to-inf, V n
If you counsel someone to take a course of action, or if you counsel a course of action, you advise that course of action. (FORMAL)
My advisers counselled me to do nothing...
The prime minister was right to counsel caution about military intervention.
3 [VERB] V n, V n on n
If you counsel people, you give them advice about their problems.
...a psychologist who counsels people with eating disorders...
Crawford counsels her on all aspects of her career.
4 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
Someone's counsel is the lawyer who gives them advice on a legal case and speaks on their behalf in court.
Singleton's counsel said after the trial that he would appeal...