Con*sult" (k&obreve;n*sŭlt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Let us consult upon to-morrow's business.
Shak.
All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
Hobbes.
Con*sult", v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries.
Whewell.
2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight.
L'Estrange.