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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
counsel/ˈkaʊnsl/

▶noun

1 advice, especially that given formally.
■ archaic consultation.

2 (pl. same) a barrister or other legal adviser conducting a case.

▶verb (counsels, counselling, counselled; US counsels, counseling, counseled)

1 give advice to.
■ recommend (a course of action).

2 (often as noun counselling) give professional help and advice to (someone) to resolve personal, social, or psychological problems.

– phrases
a counsel of despair an action to be taken when all else fails.
a counsel of perfection advice that is ideal but not feasible.
keep one's own counsel not confide in others.
take counsel discuss a problem.

– origin ME: via OFr. counseil (n.), conseiller (v.), from L. consilium ‘consultation, advice’, rel. to consulere (see consult); cf. council.

'counsel' also found in these Oxford entries:

advisement - appear - bar - brief - consul - consult - council - counsellor - defence - inner bar - instruction - junior barrister - jurisconsult - KC - King's Counsel - leading counsel - open - QC - Queen's Counsel - rede - re-examine - refresher - silk - stuff gown - submission

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