(a.) 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.
(a.) Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully
considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate
measure or result.
(a.) Not hasty or sudden; slow.
(v. t.) 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.
(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.
