Definition of: consult

(kən·sult′) v.t.
1. To ask advice or information of.
2. To have regard to, as interest or duty; consider.
3. Obs. To contrive or devise.
—v.i.
4. To ask advice.
5. To compare views; take counsel: with with. [<L consultare, freq. of consulere seek advice]
—con·sult′er, con·sul′tor noun Synonyms: confer, deliberate. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates, consults a physician or a dictionary. See DELIBERATE.