advise

ADVI'SE, v.t. s as z. [See Advice.]

1. To give counsel to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; as, I advise you to be cautious of speculation.

2. To give information; to communicate notice; to make acquainted with; followed by of, before the thing communicated; as, the merchants were advised of the risk.

3. To deliberate, consider, or consult.

Advise thyself of what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. 1Ch. 21.

But in this sense, it is usually intransitive.

ADVI'SE, v.i. To deliberate, weigh well, or consider.

Advise and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 2Sam. 24.

To advise with is to consult for the purpose of taking the opinions of others.