Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s?ld) or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or Counselling.]

[OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.]

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. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.

They who counsel war. --Milton.

Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)