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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deliberative \De*lib"er*a*tive\, a. [L. deliberativus: cf F.
d['e]lib['e]ratif.]
Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by
deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating;
as a deliberative body.
A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. --Bancroft.
The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from
the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
--Hallam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deliberative \De*lib"er*a*tive\, n.
1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed
and examined. --Bacon.
2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and
convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them
to adopt it
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deliberative
adj : involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion
and examination; "a deliberative body"
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