Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AD-VISE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. aviser; Arm. avisa; Sp. avisar; It. avvisare. See Advice.]

1. To give counsel to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; as, I advise you to be cautious of speculation.
2. To give information; to communicate notice; to make acquainted with; followed by of before the thing communicated; as, the merchants were advised of the risk.
3. To deliberate, consider, or consult. Advise thyself of what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. – 1 Chron. xxi. But in this sense it is usually intransitive.