He did not believe it counselable.
Clarendon.
Coun"sel*or (koun"s&ebreve;l*&etilde;r), n. [Written also counsellor.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. One who counsels; an adviser.
Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no?
Shak.
2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]
3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.
Good counselors lack no clients.
Shak.
Coun"sel*or*ship (koun"s?l-?r-sh?p), n. The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon.
Count (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.] 1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
Who can count the dust of Jacob?
Num. xxiii. 10.
In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins.
Macaulay.
2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom. iv. 3.