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counselled

counselled is the simple past and past participle of counsel.

Meaning of counsel

Verb

counsel (third-person singular simple present counsels, present participle (US) counseling or (UK) counselling, simple past and past participle (US) counseled or (UK) counselled)

  1. (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
    • The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
  2. (transitive) To recommend (a course of action).
    • I would counsel prudence in this matter.

See all 7 meanings of counsel

Forms of counselled

alternative formcounseled

Words formed from counselled

Questions about counselled

What is counselled the simple past and past participle of?
Counselled is the simple past and past participle of counsel.

Words near counselled in the dictionary

  1. counseleth
  2. counseling
  3. counselings
  4. counsell
  5. counsellable
  6. counselled
  7. counsellee
  8. counsellees
  9. counseller
  10. counsellers
  11. counsellest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counselled (page history and authors); counsel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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