advise
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[edit] English
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- avise (13th - 16th centuries)
[edit] Etymology
Middle English avisen (“‘to perceive, consider, inform’”) < Old French aviser < Late Latin advisare < ad + visare < Latin videre (“‘to see’”), visum (past participle of videre). See also advice.
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[edit] Verb
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to advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)
- (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
- (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform; — with of before the thing communicated.
- we were advised of the risk.
[edit] Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:advise
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn
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to give information or notice to; to inform
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