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Advice
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin.
2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.
3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.
4. Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. -- To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others.
Synonyms: Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice.