Word Meanings - MISCOUNSEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To counsel or advise wrongly.
Related words: (words related to MISCOUNSEL)
- ADVISER
One who advises. - COUNSEL
fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination - COUNSELOR
conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign - ADVISEDLY
1. Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. Shak. 2. With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. "Advisedly undertaken." Suckling. - COUNSELORSHIP
The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon. - COUNSELABLE
1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. 2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon. - ADVISEDNESS
Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. - ADVISERSHIP
The office of an adviser. - 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; - WRONGLY
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak. - MISADVISE
To give bad counsel to. - DISCOUNSEL
To dissuade. Spenser. - MISCOUNSEL
To counsel or advise wrongly. - 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.