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deliberative, a. and n.|dɪˈlɪbərətɪv|
[ad. L. dēlīberātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of dēlīberāre: see -ive. Cf. F. délibératif, -ive (14th c. in Hatzf.).]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to deliberation; having the function of deliberating.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 29 An Oracion deliberative. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 88 In a deliberative sort we propound divers things, and refute them all one after another. 1641Sir E. Dering in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1692) iii. I. 393 We neither had a Decisive Voice to determine with them, nor a Deliberative Voice to Consult with them. 1678Trans. Crt. Spain 143 All the Towns which have a deliberative Vote in the State. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 377 Erecting itself into a deliberative body. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 105 The growth of self-government, or government by deliberative bodies, representing opposed principles and conflicting interests.
2. a. Characterized by deliberation, or careful consideration in order to decision.
1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 361 A serious meditation, and deliberative ponderating upon the Power and terrible Majesty of God. 1762Kames Elem. Crit. I. ii. 100 The slower operations of deliberative reason. 1836Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xiv. 326 Things to which, in his cooler and more deliberative moments, he would not on any account give expression.
†b. Habitually deliberate; not hasty. Obs.
a1734North Lives I. 431 He was naturally very quick of apprehension but withal very deliberative.
3. Gram. Expressing deliberation or doubt.
1842W. E. Jelf Gram. Gr. Lang. II. iv. 501 The conjunct. after principal, opt. after historic tenses, has a deliberative force. 1858J. Conington Wks. Virgil I. 38/1 The deliberative conjunctive in Greek. 1893Hayes & Mason Tutorial Lat. Gram. xlii. 238 The interrogative form of the jussive subjunctive is called the deliberative or dubitative subjunctive. 1930J. F. Mountford Kennedy's Rev. Lat. Primer 160 The Subjunctive of Will (Volitive) expresses..what ought to be done as a matter of propriety or duty... When used in a question, this Subjunctive is called Deliberative.
†B. n. A discussion of some question with a view to settlement; a deliberative discourse; a matter for deliberation. Obs.
1597Bacon Coulers Good & Evill (Arb.) 138 In deliberatiues the point is what is good and what is euill. 1620E. Blount Horæ Subsec. 77 A man so conceited of himselfe can bee no companion in deliberatiues. 1650R. Hollingworth Exerc. Usurped Powers 52 A person..should begin this section of his with a generall deliberative. |