Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare,
   fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.]
   To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to
   deliberate together; to confer.

         Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak.

         All the laws of England have been made by the kings
         England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
                                                  --Hobbes.

Consult \Con*sult"\, v. t.
   1. 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.

            Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . .; they were
            content to consult liberaries.        --Whewell.

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

            We are . . . to consult the necessities of life,
            rather than matters of ornament and delight.
                                                  --L'Estrange.

   3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]

            Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet
            nothing was positively resolved.      --Clarendon.

   4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to
      contrive. [Obs.]

            Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting
            off many people.                      --Hab. ii. 10.

Consult \Con*sult"\ (? or ?), n.
   1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also,
      the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]

            The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved
            in smoke.                             --Dryden.

   2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] ``A consult
      of coquettes.'' --Swift.

   3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

consult
     v 1: get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They
          had to consult before arriving at a decision" [syn: {confer
          with}]
     2: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary";
        "refer to your notes" [syn: {refer}, {look up}]
     3: when planning or deciding something
     4: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
        conferred about a plan of action" [syn: {confer}, {confabulate},
         {confab}]
     5: advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"