Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To advise against; dissuade from; deter by advice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To advise against; to dissuade from.
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- verb transitive To
advise against; todissuade from.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In this case, therefore, I conceive the plaintiff must be non-suited; and I should disadvise the bringing any such action.
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The only existing copies are those belonging to the Court orchestra of Vienna; hence these parts would have either to be obtained or to be copied if a performance of the work is to be given elsewhere, and this I should not care either to advise or disadvise.
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
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In this case, therefore, I conceive the plaintiff must be non-suited; and I should disadvise the bringing any such action.”
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The letter reads, in part, as follows: "You have written several times concerning the Sacramentarians, and you disadvise the Concord, even though they should incline towards Luther's opinion.
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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In this case, therefore, I conceive the plaintiff must be non-suited; and I should disadvise the bringing any such action. "
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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