Consult (Hastings' Dictionary)

1. To take counsel, deliberate, used of a single person, as Neh 5' ' Then I C^ with my- self; Lk 14" 'Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and c'"" whether he be able' (RV 'will not . . . take counsel '). 2. To devise, contrive, with a simple object, as Mic 6° ' remember now what Balak king of Moab c"* ' ; Hab 2'" ' Thou hast c"" shame to thy house ' ; or with an infin., as Ps 62'' ' They only c. to cast him down from his excellency.' J. Hastings.