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Counsail, -sale, -sall, v. Also: counsaill, -saile, -sayle; cownsale. [ME. counsail(e, -sayl(e, etc., variants of consaile, etc., Consail v.]
1. tr. To counsel or advise (a person).(a) c1420 Wynt. iii. 340.
Dalyda, … Counsaylyde throwcht the Phylisteis, … askyt oft [etc.] 1444 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 10.
We counsaile and beseikis … yhour lordschip with al instance that [etc.] 1456 Hay I. 148/27.
Sa am I counsailit be worthy men Ib. 266/26.
All princis … suld be wele avisit and wele counsailit in quhat kynde thai [etc.](b) c1420 Wynt. iv. 1767.
The Scottis … counsalyd thame for to pas in That ilk land Ib. vi. 2093.
He cownsalyd this Makduffe … To trete tha barnys curtasly 1477 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 201.
It is counsalit ws be the lordis off our counsale [etc.] 1492 Myll Spect. 295/4.
This preist counsalit him to mak opyn confessioun thare of c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xxi. 14.
Quhen we mycht nocht counsale him, we war still c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 57.
He counsalit me nocht till abstene c1552 Id. Mon. 3328.
He wes … With wemen counsalit and led(c) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 241.
I counsall all Cristin creature … To luf in lawte a1500 Seven S. 70.
I counsall ȝow He be nocht techit in this cite c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2513.
Quharefor, brether, I counsall ȝow repent a1568 Balnavis Bann. MS. 139 a/63.
In tyme latt be, I counsall thé a1578 Pitsc. I. 221/29.
My lord, I counsall ȝow to come in the kingis will 1600-1610 Melvill 381.
His courtiours, wha goes about to cla and counsall him
2. intr. To take counsel, consult. 14.. Acts I. 331/2.
At thai put colectis vnreulfully and vndetfully, nocht counsalit with the comunite of the burgh c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xii. 20.
Quhen thai had counsalit with Bastus, that was the kingis chalmerlane
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