consult

1. (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.Examples: "Let us consult upon to-morrow's business."; "1661 (written), published in 1681, Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons."; "SIR,—I have the honour to refer to your letter requesting me to desire Mr. Y. Ching-chong to come and consult with the Municipal Council, as Mr. Wood, the Chairman of that Body had informed you at a personal interview that they fully concurred in the desirability of co-operation with Mr. Ching-chong in improvements in the Honan road draining and lighting."Synonyms: seeintransitive

2. (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.Examples: "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.intransitive

4. (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)Examples: "If you have no library commission, consult a lawyer and get from him a careful statement of what can be done under present statutory regulations."Synonyms: seektransitive

5. (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.Examples: "Which reminds me that I have never remembered from that hour to consult the dictionary upon a selvage."; "Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature, to seek for new truths, to do what the great discoverers of other times had done; they were content to consult libraries."transitive

6. (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.Examples: "We are […] to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight."transitive