Consulage
(Con"sul*age) n. (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce
by means of a consul in a foreign place.
Consular
(Con"su*lar) a. [L. consularis; cf. F. consulaire.] Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the
duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.
Consulary
(Con"su*la"ry) a. Consular. [Obs.] Holland.
Consulate
(Con"su*late) n. [L. consulatus: cf. F. consulat.]
1. The office of a consul. Addison.
2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent.
3. Consular government; term of office of a consul.
Consulship
(Con"sul*ship) n.
1. The office of a consul; consulate.
2. The term of office of a consul.
Consult
(Con*sult") 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 forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries.
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") (kon*sult" or kon"sult), 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.
