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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Deliberative

/dĭl-ĭb'-ẽr-ātˌ-ĭv/ · De·lib·er·a·tive · IPA /dɪlˈɪbərˌeɪtɪv/
01 a. Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.
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    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.
02 n. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
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    A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
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    A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.