The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] [L. consultare,
   fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.]
   To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to
   deliberate together; to confer.
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         Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak.
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         All the laws of England have been made by the kings
         England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
                                                  --Hobbes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consult \Con*sult"\, v. t.
   1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for
      information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a
      physician; to consult a dictionary.
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            Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . .; they
            were content to consult libraries.    --Whewell.
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   2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard
      to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
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            We are . . . to consult the necessities of life,
            rather than matters of ornament and delight.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
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   3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]
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            Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet
            nothing was positively resolved.      --Clarendon.
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   4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to
      contrive. [Obs.]
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            Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting
            off many people.                      --Hab. ii. 10.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt" or k[o^]n"s[u^]lt), n.
   1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also,
      the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]
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            The council broke;
            And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. --Dryden.
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   2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] "A consult
      of coquettes." --Swift.
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   3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

consult
    v 1: get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They
         had to consult before arriving at a decision" [syn:
         consult, confer with]
    2: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary";
       "refer to your notes" [syn: consult, refer, look up]
    3: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
       conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer,
       confabulate, confab, consult]
    4: advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"

The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

CONSULT, v.i.  To seek another's disapproval of a course already
decided on.