deliberate
adjective
- intended
verb
- ponder, consider carefully, discuss
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/ / /dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/ / /dəˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/
adj
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber.
- Done on purpose; intentional.
“a deliberate attempt to cover up his crime”
“The massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 was an act of genocide in a deliberate attempt by the Bosnian Serb leadership to exterminate part of the Muslim community, appeal judges ruled in a crucial case at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague yesterday.”
- Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
“a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result”
“settled visage and deliberate word”
- Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
“The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.”
- Not hasty or sudden; slow.
“His enunciation was so deliberate.”
verb
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber.
- To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
“It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.”
- To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.