1. To offer an opinion or a course of action; to counsel; to notify, to recommend: "Sidney advised Jon to reconsider his decision to sell his car."
2. To inform, tell, notify, make known, communicate: "Mary and Richard have been advised that the roads are too icy for the trip that they were planning to take."
3. Giving an opinion or suggestion to someone about what should be done: "She advises the President on foreign affairs."

"Our lawyer is advising us about whether we should buy that house."

4. Etymology: from Old French avis, "opinion"; which came from Old French ce m'est à vis, "it seems to me"; or from Vulgar (common) Latin mi est visum, "in my view"; and originally from Latin ad-, "to" + visum; past participle of videre, "to see".