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take counsel in American English to discuss and deliberate; exchange advice, opinions, etc. See full dictionary entry for counsel Examples of 'take counsel' in a sentencetake counsel She will take counsel from family and friends.The judicial moves can, and often do, take counsel by surprise, knocking them off balance, and occasionally throwing them out of the ring.The academic activities of the centre are overseen by the governors who take counsel from an independent academic advisory panel.At these lavish affairs, the boss could take counsel from some of the brightest minds in the corporate and political worlds.Now is not the time to take counsel of our fears or to cut and run.We've taken counsel from friends and relatives; everyone has a different theory.He suffered mockery, but nothing like enough of it, when it was disclosed that he took counsel from his wife's astrologer. |