consult

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting. ] [ L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel. ] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The council broke;
And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [ Obs. ] “A consult of coquettes.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement; concert [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an expert who gives advice.
Syn. -- adviser, advisor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation. ] 1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus they doubtful consultations dark
Ended. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. “A consultative . . . power.” Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who consults, or asks counsel or information. [ 1913 Webster ]