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Advise   /ædvˈaɪz/  /ədvˈaɪz/   Listen
Advise

verb
(past & past part. advised; pres. part. advising)
1.
Give advice to.  Synonyms: counsel, rede.  "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
2.
Inform (somebody) of something.  Synonyms: apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word.
3.
Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.  Synonyms: propose, suggest.



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"Advise" Quotes from Famous Books



... hypocritical from him, slight touch and not with will: alas, what can the poor young man do? Grumkow—whose ground, I think, is never quite so secure since that Nosti business—professes ardent attachment to the real interests of the Prince; and does solidly advise him of what is feasible, what not, in head-quarters; very exemplary "attachment;" credible to what length, the Prince well enough knows. And so the Correspondence is unbeautiful; not very descriptive even,—for poor Friedrich ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

... come again in a few hours, and administer to you, my poor friend, the Sacrament of Extreme Unction; and if I find that you are sinking, will bring the Holy Viaticum for your refreshment and consolation in the dark and trying hour. I would advise you now to settle all your worldly concerns, so that nothing may interfere between ...
— May Brooke • Anna H. Dorsey

... really ought to be expected by this time, except in the size of their cheques, to be modest and thoughtful, to stand back a little and watch other people. The millionaires themselves, if they thought about it, would be the first to advise us not to pay too much attention to them. They are used to large things, and they know that the only way to do, in conducting great enterprises, is to select and use men (whether millionaires or not) for the particular ...
— Crowds - A Moving-Picture of Democracy • Gerald Stanley Lee

... Foreign Affairs looked him full in the face as though to assure him that, though he had never heard of such a thing before, such, in fact, was the truth. "Of course there will be difficulties. I'm not prepared at the present moment to advise how this should be done. Perhaps you had better wait till Her Majesty has signified her pleasure to receive you as the Duca di Crinola. When she has done so you ...
— Marion Fay • Anthony Trollope

... was to advise Almagro that the treaty was at an end. At the same time, he warned him to relinquish his pretensions to Cuzco, and withdraw into his own territory, or the responsibility of the consequences would ...
— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott


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