Word Meanings - DISADVISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To advise against; to dissuade from. Boyle.
Related words: (words related to DISADVISE)
- AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - ADVISER
One who advises. - BOYLE'S LAW
See LAW - ADVISEDLY
1. Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. Shak. 2. With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. "Advisedly undertaken." Suckling. - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - ADVISEDNESS
Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. - ADVISERSHIP
The office of an adviser. - DISSUADER
One who dissuades; a dehorter. - DISSUADE
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton. 2. To divert - ADVISEMENT
1. Counsel; advise; information. And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel. 2. Consideration; deliberation; consultation. Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser. - ADVISE
advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See 1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no more advise thee." Milton. 2. To give information or notice to; - MISADVISE
To give bad counsel to. - MISADVISED
Ill advised. -- Mis`ad*vis"ed*ly, adv. - DISADVISE
To advise against; to dissuade from. Boyle. - UNADVISED
1. Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised. Shak. 2. Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ness, n. - FOREADVISE
To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak.