Advise, 1) to counsel; absol.: “well hast thou --d,” Gent. I, 3, 34. Shr. I, 1, 41. Per. IV, 3, 51. “to a. one:” Meas. II, 1, 259. III, 1, 260. IV, 6, 3. LLL V, 2, 300. Shr. I, 2, 44. IV, 4, 11. Alls II, 3, 311. Tw. II, 5, 165. Wint. I, 2, 339. Wint. I, 2, 339 H4B I, 2, 153. H8 I, 1, 102. H8 I, 1, 102 II, 4, 55. Tim. IV, 3, 457. Lr. IV, 5, 29. Oth. II, 3, 332. Cymb. I, 2, 1. II, 3, 13. III, 2, 46. Per. I, 1, 39. “to a. one to sth.: that well might a. him to a caution,” Mcb. III, 6, 44. “I a. you to the best,” Lr. I, 2, 188. “a. the duke to a most festinate preparation,” III, 7, 9. With for: “a. the emperor for his good,” Tit. I, 464 (i. e. concerning his good, his advantage); cf. “you shall a. me in all for Cleopatra,” Ant. V, 2, 137 (concerning the affairs of C.). “to a. a thing: if you a. it,” Meas. IV, 1, 67. “that rock that I a. your shunning,” H8 I, 1, 114. With a double acc.: “this I will a. you,” Shr. IV, 2, 92. Used of spiritual advice: “--d him for the entertainment of death,” Meas. III, 2, 225. “a. him for a better place,” IV, 2, 223. “I am come to a. you,” IV, 3, 55. “friar, a. him,” V, 490.
2) to prevail on by counsel, to persuade, to rule: “let the friar a. you,” Ado IV, 1, 246. “he is --d by aught to change the course,” Lr. V, 1, 2. Particularly in the imperative of the pass., == take my advice, be ruled by me, take heed: Ven. 615. LLL IV, 3, 368. Mids. I, 1, 46. Merch. II, 1, 42. V, 234. Wint. IV, 4, 492. H4A IV, 3, 5. H6B II, 4, 36. H8 I, 1, 139. H8 I, 1, 139 Oth. I, 2, 55. cf. R3 II, 1, 107.
3) to inform, to instruct: a. me where I “may have such a ladder,” Gent. III, 1, 122. “a. him,” Alls I, 1, 81 (be his teacher). Hml. IV, 7, 54. “I hope I need not to a. you further,” III, 5, 27. H8 I, 2, 107. Cor. V, 3, 197. Mcb. III, 1, 129. Lr. I, 3, 23. “are you --d?” Shr. I, 1, 191 (did you hear? do you understand?). H6B II, 1, 47. “you were --d his flesh was capable of wounds,” H4B I, 1, 172 (you knew very well, were well aware). “bids you be --d there's nought in France that can be with a nimble galliard won,” H5 I, 2, 251. With of, == to inform one of: “--d by good intelligence of this preparation,” H5 II Chor. H5 II Chor.
4) refl. to consider: “a. you what you say,” Tw. IV, 2, 102. “bid thy master well a. himself,” H5 III, 6, 168. Tit. IV, 2, 129. Lr. II, 1, 29.
5) absol. in the same sense: “lay hand on heart, a.” Rom. III, 5, 192.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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