Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-SULT', v.i. [L. consulto, from consulo, to consult, to ask counsel. The last syllable may be from the Ar. سَألَ saula, Heb. Ch. Sam. Eth. שאל to ask.]

1. To seek the opinion or advice of another, by a statement of facts, and suitable inquiries, for the purpose of directing one's own judgment; followed by with. Rehoboam consulted with the old men. – 1 Kings xii. David consulted with the captains of thousands. – 1 Chron. xiii.
2. To take counsel together; to seek opinions and advice by mutual statements, inquiries and reasonings; to deliberate, in common. The chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus to death. – John xii.
3. To consider with deliberation. – Luke xiv.