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advice
ad·vice / ədˈvīs/ • n. guidance or recommendations concerning prudent future action, typically given by someone regarded as knowledgeable or authoritative: she visited the island on her doctor's advice. ∎ a formal notice of a financial transaction: remittance advices. ∎ archaic information; news: fresh advices from Europe PHRASES: take someone's advice act according to recommendations given: he took my advice and put his house up for sale. |
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"advice." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "advice." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-advice.html "advice." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-advice.html |
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advice †opinion XIII; †deliberation; counsel XIV; information given XV. ME. avis — (O)F. :- Rom. *advīsum, f. L. AD- + vīsum, n. pp. of vidēre see (vidērī seem); cf. WIT2.
So advise XIII. ME. avisen — (O)F. aviser (refash. after L. as †adviser) :- Rom. *advīsāre, f. -vīsāre, for L. vīsere, f. vidēre. |
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T. F. HOAD. "advice." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "advice." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-advice.html T. F. HOAD. "advice." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-advice.html |
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•advice, bice, Brice, choc ice, concise, dice, entice, gneiss, ice, imprecise, lice, mice, nice, precise, price, rice, sice, slice, speiss, spice, splice, suffice, syce, thrice, trice, twice, underprice, vice, Zeiss
•merchandise • paradise • sacrifice
•packice • woodlice • fieldmice
•titmice • dormice • allspice
•cockatrice • edelweiss
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"advice." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "advice." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-advice.html "advice." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-advice.html |
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