Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of advice, advise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To look at; to view; to think of.
  • transitive verb obsolete To advise; to counsel.
  • transitive verb [Obs.] to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To consider; to reflect.

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  • verb Obsolete spelling of advise.

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Examples

  • And when, at the end of the broadcast Fifi jumped up for the Hitler Salute, some 800 men in 38 states keeled over stone dead, each with hands clutched on his crotch like avise!

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  • Mason, I'd avise you to take a tranquilizer and think about the following for a while:

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  • After many long distance phone calls to the head office, trying to ascertain the expertise of the outfit to avise on light-rail, all we got was a video on PRT, with the comment that no one was building with light rail anymore and PRT was the way to go!

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  • Que nos avise si necesite ayuda del grupo de Northern Alaska Peace Corps Friends.

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  • And albeit ye knaw the Appointment was maid be our avise, [910] yitt we acceptit the samin at your desyre, and hes sensyne maid na cause quhairby thay mycht be movit to cum in the contrair thairof.

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  • Where the Court lyes? what stirre? change? what avise

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  • Noble men being in Striveling for the tyme, be your Gracis avise, solisted us to pass to the Congregatioun convened at the town of

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  • 'Y suplico á sus mercedes sean servidos dar licencia para que se le diga al dicho padre prior [Fray Gabriel Pinelo] que avise á Ana de Espinosa, monja en el monasterio de Madrigal, que envíe una caja de unos polvos que ella solia hacer y enviarme para mis melancolías y pasiones de corazon, que ella sola los sabe hacer, y nunca tuve dellos mas necesidad que agora;

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  • Huntlie, and Monsieur Dosell, on the ane pairt, and the Lordis of the Congregatioun, on the uther syde; quhilk Appointment we have approvit in all poyntis, albeit it was taikin by our avise; and is myndit to observe and keip all the contentis thairof for our pairt.

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  • And all thir thingis togidder, ar done without the avise or consent of the

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