counseilen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === consailen, consaille, conseil, conseile, conseille, conseillen, conseyle, counsaile, counseile, counseillen consel, councell, counceile, counceilen, counceyle, counsell, counselle (Late Middle English) cownselyn (East Anglia); consailli, conseili (Southern) consail, consaile, consale (Northern); consall, consayl (Early Scots) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conseiller, from Early Medieval Latin cōnsiliāre, alteration of Latin consiliārī; by surface analysis, counseil (“council, counsel”) +‎ -en (infinitival). First attested in c. 1275. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuːnsæi̯lən/, /ˈkunsæi̯lən/ IPA(key): /ˈkuːnsɛlən/, /ˈkunsɛlən/, /-ilən/ (with stress shift) === Noun === counseilen (third-person singular simple present counseileth, present participle counseilende, counseilynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle counseiled) (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To advise or instruct; to provide counsel or instruction. (ambitransitive) To consult; to query for counsel or instruction. (ambitransitive or reflexive) To discuss, consider, or deliberate (with someone) (rare, transitive) To help, support, or assist. (rare, transitive) To persuade or convince; to cause to agree. (rare, reflexive) To decide or determine (that something should occur) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: counsel Middle Scots: consale, consall ==== References ==== “cǒunseilen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “counsel, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.