advises

(v) : (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

(v) : (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.

(v) : (transitive) To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. [with of ‘what is communicated’]

(v) : (transitive, formal) To provide information to a sovereign or head of state which they have previously asked for.

(v) : (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate. [with of]

(v) : (Scots law) To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.