Word Meanings - MISADVISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To give bad counsel to.

Related words: (words related to MISADVISE)

• COUNSEL
  fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination
• COUNSELOR
  conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium 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
• COUNSELORSHIP
  The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon.
• COUNSELABLE
  1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. 2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon.
• DISCOUNSEL
  To dissuade. Spenser.
• MISCOUNSEL
  To counsel or advise wrongly.