† diˈscounselled, ppl. a. Obs.
In 5 descounceylled.
[after OF. desconseillié discouraged, left without comfort, disconsolate, pa. pple. of desconseillier: see prec.]
Without resource or support, desolate, disconsolate.
| [1292 Britton iii. v. §1 Soen heritage, qe fust endormi et desconselé [v.r. descounseillee, tr. unsupported]. Ibid. iv. iii. §4 Si la eglise demoerge desconseilé [unprovided] outre vi meys. Ibid. §10 Cum ele fust tout voide et desconselé.] 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xiii. ix, Now I am..fallen in orphanyte of parents & of my lorde, and am poure & desherytid, exilled & descounceylled. |