ADVICE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin.

2.
n.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

3.
n.

Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.

4.
n.

Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. -- To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others.