advisement en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English advisement, avisement, from Old French advisement, avisement, from adviser, aviser + -ment.
Meanings
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(US, uncountable, usually) Consideration or deliberation.
He took the situation under advisement, but was able to draw no conclusion.
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(archaic, uncountable, usually) Advice, counsel.
Her wiſely comforted all, that ſhe might, / With goodly counſell and aduiſement right; […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 141:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| avisement | alternative | lexicographic | |
| advisements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |