De*lib"er*a*tive (?), a. [L. deliberativus: cf. F. d'elib'eratif.]
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.
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De*lib"er*a*tive, n.
1.
A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
Bacon.
2.
A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
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