Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - deliberate
Deliberate
deliberate
adj. & v. --adj. 1 a intentional (a deliberate foul). b fully considered; not impulsive (made a deliberate choice). 2 slow in deciding; cautious (a ponderous and deliberate mind). 3 (of movement etc.) leisurely and unhurried. --v. 1 intr. think carefully; take counsel (the jury deliberated for an hour). 2 tr. consider, discuss carefully (deliberated the question). Derivatives deliberately adv. deliberateness n. deliberator n. Etymology: L deliberatus past part. of deliberare (as DE-, librare weigh f. libra balance)
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I. verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully, transitive verb to think about ~ly and often with formal discussion before reaching a decision, see: think II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin deliberatus, past participle of deliberare to consider carefully, perhaps alteration of *delibrare, from de+ libra scale, pound Date: 15th century characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration , characterized by awareness of the consequences , slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved , see: voluntary ~ly adverb ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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