"deliberative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more deliberative [comparative], most deliberative [superlative]
Etymology: Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|délibératif}} Middle French délibératif, {{uder|en|la|deliberativus}} Latin deliberativus Head templates: {{en-adj}} deliberative (comparative more deliberative, superlative most deliberative)
  1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
    Sense id: en-deliberative-en-adj-tCee6zVm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 29 36

Noun

Forms: deliberatives [plural]
Etymology: Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|délibératif}} Middle French délibératif, {{uder|en|la|deliberativus}} Latin deliberativus Head templates: {{en-noun}} deliberative (plural deliberatives)
  1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
    Sense id: en-deliberative-en-noun-n9uQ0HLM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 29 36
  2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
    Sense id: en-deliberative-en-noun-za7b358s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 29 36

Inflected forms

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