[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deliberate \delib"erate\ d-eli^b"~eraslt, a. l.
   deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare
   to weigh. see librate.
   1. 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. "these
      deliberate fools." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully
      considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion;
      a deliberate measure or result.
      1913 webster

            settled visage and deliberate word.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. not hasty or sudden; slow. --hooker.
      1913 webster

            his enunciation was so deliberate.    --w. wirt.

   4. having awareness of the likely consequences; intentional.
      pjc
see also:
librate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deliberate \delib"erate\ d-eli^b"~er=at, v. t.
   imp.  p. p. deliberated; p. pr.  vb. n. deliberating.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
deliberated deliberating 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deliberate \delib"erate\, 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.
   1913 webster

         the woman that deliberates is lost.      --addison.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

deliberate
     adj 1: by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a
            knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
            syn: intentional, knowing, willful, wilful
     2: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace";
        "with all deliberate speed" syn: careful, measured
     3: produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a
        studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied
        insult"- v.l.parrington syn: studied ant: unstudied
     4: marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate
        decision"
     5: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
        "with measured irony" syn: calculated, measured
     v 1: think about carefully; weigh; "they considered the
          possibility of a strike"; "turn the proposal over in
          your mind" syn: consider, debate, moot, turn
          over
     2: discuss the pros and cons of an issue syn: debate
see also:
intentional knowing willful wilful careful measured 
studied unstudied calculated consider debate 
moot turn over 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

273 moby thesaurus words for "deliberate":
   advise with, advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, air, ambling,
   analyze, back down, balance, bargain, be abstracted, brood,
   brood over, calculated, call in, calm, canny, canvass, careful,
   cautious, chaw, chew over, chew the cud, circumspect, claudicant,
   cold-blooded, collected, collogue, comment upon, compare notes,
   composed, con over, confer, confer with, confident, conscious,
   consider, considerate, considered, consult, consult with,
   contemplate, contemplated, controvert, cool, counsel, crawling,
   creeping, creeping like snail, deal with, debate, deliberate over,
   deliberate upon, deliberated, demur, designed, digest,
   discourse about, discreet, discuss, discuss with, dispassionate,
   easy, envisaged, envisioned, even, examine, exchange observations,
   exchange views, falter, faltering, fastidious, fear, flagging,
   foot-dragging, foresighted, forethoughtful, gentle, gingerly,
   go into, gradual, guarded, halting, handle, hang back, hasteless,
   have conversations, heedful, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate,
   hobbled, hobbling, hold conference, hover, hum and haw, idle,
   imperturbable, inactive, indolent, intended, intentional,
   introspect, investigate, jib, judicious, knock around, knowing,
   languid, languorous, lazy, leaving out nothing, leisurely, limping,
   lumbering, meant, measured, meditate, meditate upon, meditated,
   methodical, meticulous, mindful, moderate, mull, mull over, muse,
   muse on, muse over, negotiate, noncommittal, of design, on guard,
   orderly, overlooking no possibility, paced, painstaking, palaver,
   parley, pass under review, pause, pawky, perpend, planned,
   play around with, play with, poking, poky, politic, ponder,
   ponder over, powwow, prearranged, preconceived, premeditated,
   prepense, projected, proposed, provident, prudent, pull back,
   punctilious, purposed, purposeful, purposive, put heads together,
   rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, reason with, refer to,
   reflect, reflect over, regardful, regular, relaxed, reluctant,
   retreat, review, revolve, ruminate, ruminate over, run over, safe,
   sauntering, schemed, scruple, scrupulous, serene, shilly-shally,
   shuffling, shy, sift, sit down together, sit down with, slack,
   slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow,
   slow to act, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged,
   slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing,
   slow-stepped, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, speculate,
   staggering, steady, stick at, stickle, stop to consider,
   straddle the fence, strain at, strolling, studied, studious, study,
   sure, systematic, take counsel, take up, take up with, talk,
   talk about, talk of, talk over, teleological, tentative,
   think about, think over, think twice about, thorough, thought-out,
   thoughtful, thresh out, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering,
   toy with, treat, trudging, turn over, turtlelike, unadventurous,
   uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unfaltering, unhasty,
   unhesitating, unhurried, unprecipitate, unruffled, ventilate,
   voluntary, waddling, weigh, willful, withdraw, witting, yield

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