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consultative, a. (n.)|kɒnˈsʌltətɪv|
[f. L. type *consultātīv-us (prob. used in med.L.), f. consultāt-, ppl. stem of consultāre: see -ive. Cf. mod.F. consultatif, -ive.]
Of or pertaining to consultation; having the right or power to advise or join in consultation; deliberative, advisory: said chiefly of a body whose function is to take part in a consultation, but not to vote upon the decision.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. 107 To have a consultatiue, exhortatiue, or consentatiue voice onely. 1846Grote Greece i. xx. II. 91 The Council is a purely consultative body assembled..solely for his information and guidance. 1878Gladstone Prim. Homer 117 In this consultative and executive body, discussion is quite free.
†B. as n. A consultative voice or vote; a right to consult or deliberate. Obs. rare.
1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 67, I would willingly have another House, and give them a consultative in some things, and in other things a negative. 1659Ibid. IV. 355 To give them a consultative, will imp your wings; but to give them a negative, you will be like a bird in a string. |