Consult

v. i.	1.	To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. [imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. - Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. - Hobbes.
v. t.	1.	To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries. - Whewell.
	2.	To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. - L'Estrange.
	3.	To deliberate upon; to take for. Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. - Clarendon.
	4.	To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. - Hab. ii. 10.
n.	1.	The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. - Dryden.
	2.	A council; a meeting for consultation.
	3.	Agreement; concert

Verb	1.	consult - get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" Synonyms: confer with
	2.	consult - seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" Synonyms: look up, refer
	3.	consult - when planning or deciding something
	4.	consult - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" Synonyms: confer, confab, confabulate
	5.	consult - advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"

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