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3 definitions found 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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