Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.