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deliberative

deliberative adjective: that deliberates, considers carefully.

Adjective

deliberative (comparative more deliberative, superlative most deliberative)

  1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
    • [T]he court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 53
    • A good system would have been a consummate work of deliberative wisdom1854, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume VI (The American Revolution. Epoch Second. […]), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company...

Noun

deliberative (plural deliberatives)

  1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
    • A conclusion in a deliberative1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...
  2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

Forms of deliberative

Adjective
comparativemore deliberative
superlativemost deliberative
Noun
pluraldeliberatives

Origin of deliberative

From Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus.

Words formed from deliberative

Phrases with deliberative

Questions about deliberative

What does deliberative mean?
Deliberative means that deliberates, considers carefully.
What part of speech is deliberative?
Deliberative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near deliberative in the dictionary

  1. deliberateth
  2. deliberating
  3. deliberation
  4. deliberational
  5. deliberations
  6. deliberative
  7. deliberative bodies
  8. deliberative body
  9. deliberatively
  10. deliberativeness
  11. deliberatives

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