consult

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) : The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) : A council; a meeting for consultation.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) : Agreement; concert.
  4. Noun.  (US) : A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) 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.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
  10. Verb.  ''(transitive),'' (obsolete) : To deliberate upon; to take for.
  11. Verb.  ''(transitive),'' (obsolete) : To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

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