COUNSEL (2)

Coun″sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (–sĕld) or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or Counselling.] [[OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.]] 1. 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.
Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak. 2. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
They who counsel war. Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton.