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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. --Bancroft.
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The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from
the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
--Hallam.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deliberative \De*lib"er*a*tive\, n.
1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed
and examined. --Bacon.
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2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and
convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them
to adopt it.
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