Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\ (d[-e]*l[i^]b"[~e]r*[asl]t), a. [L.
deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare
to weigh. See Librate.]
1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or
decision; carefully considering the probable consequences
of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to
persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These
deliberate fools." --Shak.
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2. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully
considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion;
a deliberate measure or result.
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Settled visage and deliberate word. --Shak.
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3. Not hasty or sudden; slow. --Hooker.
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His enunciation was so deliberate. --W. Wirt.
4. having awareness of the likely consequences; intentional.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\ (d[-e]*l[i^]b"[~e]r*[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Deliberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliberating.]
To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and
against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder;
as, to deliberate a question.
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Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\, v. i.
To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for
and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to
consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on,
upon, about, concerning.
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The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deliberate
adj 1: by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a
knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
[syn: intentional, knowing, willful, wilful]
2: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace";
"with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, measured]
3: produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a
studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied
insult"- V.L.Parrington [syn: studied] [ant: unstudied]
4: marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate
decision"
5: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
"with measured irony" [syn: calculated, measured]
v 1: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in
your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn
over]
2: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
273 Moby Thesaurus words for "deliberate":
advise with, advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, air, ambling,
analyze, back down, balance, bargain, be abstracted, brood,
brood over, calculated, call in, calm, canny, canvass, careful,
cautious, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, circumspect, claudicant,
cold-blooded, collected, collogue, comment upon, compare notes,
composed, con over, confer, confer with, confident, conscious,
consider, considerate, considered, consult, consult with,
contemplate, contemplated, controvert, cool, counsel, crawling,
creeping, creeping like snail, deal with, debate, deliberate over,
deliberate upon, deliberated, demur, designed, digest,
discourse about, discreet, discuss, discuss with, dispassionate,
easy, envisaged, envisioned, even, examine, exchange observations,
exchange views, falter, faltering, fastidious, fear, flagging,
foot-dragging, foresighted, forethoughtful, gentle, gingerly,
go into, gradual, guarded, halting, handle, hang back, hasteless,
have conversations, heedful, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate,
hobbled, hobbling, hold conference, hover, hum and haw, idle,
imperturbable, inactive, indolent, intended, intentional,
introspect, investigate, jib, judicious, knock around, knowing,
languid, languorous, lazy, leaving out nothing, leisurely, limping,
lumbering, meant, measured, meditate, meditate upon, meditated,
methodical, meticulous, mindful, moderate, mull, mull over, muse,
muse on, muse over, negotiate, noncommittal, of design, on guard,
orderly, overlooking no possibility, paced, painstaking, palaver,
parley, pass under review, pause, pawky, perpend, planned,
play around with, play with, poking, poky, politic, ponder,
ponder over, powwow, prearranged, preconceived, premeditated,
prepense, projected, proposed, provident, prudent, pull back,
punctilious, purposed, purposeful, purposive, put heads together,
rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, reason with, refer to,
reflect, reflect over, regardful, regular, relaxed, reluctant,
retreat, review, revolve, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, safe,
sauntering, schemed, scruple, scrupulous, serene, shilly-shally,
shuffling, shy, sift, sit down together, sit down with, slack,
slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow,
slow to act, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged,
slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing,
slow-stepped, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, speculate,
staggering, steady, stick at, stickle, stop to consider,
straddle the fence, strain at, strolling, studied, studious, study,
sure, systematic, take counsel, take up, take up with, talk,
talk about, talk of, talk over, teleological, tentative,
think about, think over, think twice about, thorough, thought-out,
thoughtful, thresh out, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering,
toy with, treat, trudging, turn over, turtlelike, unadventurous,
uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unfaltering, unhasty,
unhesitating, unhurried, unprecipitate, unruffled, ventilate,
voluntary, waddling, weigh, willful, withdraw, witting, yield
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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