4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.]

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people.

Hab. ii. 10.

Con*sult" (k&obreve;n*sŭlt" or k&obreve;n"sŭlt), n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]

The council broke;

And all grave consults dissolved in smoke.

Dryden.

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] "A consult of coquettes." Swift.