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CONSULT, L., to consult, to ask counsel.
1. To seek the opinion or advice of another by, by a statement of facts, and suitable inquiries, for the purpose of directing ones own judgment followed by with.
Rehoboam consulted with the old men. 1 Kings 12 .
David consulted with the captains of thousands. 1 Chronicles 13 .
2. To take counsel together to seek opinions and advice by mutual statements, enquiries and reasonings to deliberate in common.
The chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus to death. John 12 .
3. To consider with deliberation. Luke 14 .
CONSULT,
1. To ask advice of to seek the opinion of another, as a guide to ones own judgment as, to consult a friend or parent.
2. To seek information, or facts, in something as by examining books or papers, Thus, I consulted several authors on the subject I consulted the official documents.
3. To regard to have reference or respect to, in judging or acting to decide or to act in favor of. We are to consult the necessities, rather than the pleasures of life. We are to consult public as well as private interest. He consulted his own safety in flight.
Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.
4. To plan, devise or contrive.
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many people. Habakkuk 2 . This sense is unusual and not to be countenanced.
CONSULT, n. The act of consulting the effect of consultation determination a council, or deliberating assembly. This word is, I believe, entirely obsolete, except in poetry. It would be naturally accented on the first syllable, but the poets accent the last.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Consult'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/consult.html.
Entry for 'Consult'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/consult.html.