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keeps counsel

keeps counsel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep counsel.

Meaning of keep counsel

Verb

keep counsel (third-person singular simple present keeps counsel, present participle keeping counsel, simple past and past participle kept counsel)

  1. (intransitive) To keep one's counsel.
    • A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers

Questions about keeps counsel

What is keeps counsel the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Keeps counsel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep counsel.

Words near keeps counsel in the dictionary

  1. keeps away from
  2. keeps back
  3. keeps body and soul together
  4. keeps cave
  5. keeps company
  6. keeps counsel
  7. keeps count
  8. keeps down
  9. keeps faith
  10. keeps from
  11. keeps going

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