Definition of Consult

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Consult

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

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.

To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

To deliberate upon; to take for.

To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.

A council; a meeting for consultation.

Agreement; concert

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Consult Quotations

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Dale Carnegie

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
Blaise Pascal

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.
Ambrose Bierce

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
Noel Coward

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.
Marilyn vos Savant

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Ludwig van Beethoven

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Pope John XXIII

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Robert Brault

Consult Translations

consult in Afrikaans is raadpleeg
consult in Dutch is raadplegen, consulteren
consult in French is consultez, consulter, consultent, consultons
consult in German is zuziehen, Befragen, konsultieren
consult in Italian is interrogare
consult in Latin is consulto
consult in Spanish is consultar

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