- deliberate⇄adj. 1. done on purpose; intended; thought over beforehand.
Ex. His rude answer was a deliberate attempt to provoke her. They were the first great social thinkers of their century to try to make themselves, by deliberate discipline, both classless - deliberate⇄deliberate, adjective, verb, -ated,-ating.
- deliberate⇄noun deliberateness.
- deliberate⇄v.i., v.t. 1. to think over carefully; consider.
Ex. He was slow to answer, deliberating over each question. I am deliberating where to put up my new picture. The woman who deliberates is lost (Joseph Addison).
2. to talk over reasons for and