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advice

  • /ədˈvaɪs/ UK
  • /ədˈvaɪs/ US

Rhymes with -aɪs

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Old French a

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Old French vis

Old French avisbor.

Middle English avys

English advice

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis, rebracketed from the phrase ce m'est a vis (“I think”, “it seems to me”, literally “it is to my view”), where vis is from Latin vīsus (“vision, sight”). The unhistoric -d- was introduced during the 15th century due to influence from advise and ad-, see advance. Doublet of aviso. See vision, and compare avise, advise.

Mostly displaced native Old English rǣd (see modern rede).

noun advices

  1. uncountable An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.
  2. obsolete, uncountable Deliberate consideration; knowledge. How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her?
  3. archaic, countable, uncountable Information or news given; intelligence. late advices from France
  4. countable In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document. An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.
  5. uncountable In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange. a letter of advice
  6. countable A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions. An advice issued by a Monitoring Committee could be applicable in a Dutch court
  7. uncountable Counseling to perform a specific legal act. An honest oath taken under advice of counsel, therefore, is not perjury
  8. uncountable Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
  9. countable In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

Similar: advice, consent

verb

  1. misspelling Misspelling of advise.advise

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