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Grammar : Verb
Spell : adjective dih-lib-er-it; verb dih-lib-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt; verb dɪˈlɪb əˌreɪt

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Origin :
  • early 15c., "done with careful consideration," from Latin deliberatus "resolved upon, determined," past participle of deliberare (see deliberation). Meaning "slow, consciously unhurried" is attested by 1590s. Related: Deliberately.
  • verb think about seriously; discuss
Example sentences :
  • She wept—she hesitated—and "the woman that deliberates is lost."
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "He who deliberates is lost," said Heyst with grave mockery.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • The court then deliberates and sends its decision to the Colonel.
  • Extract from : « Trooper 3809 » by Lionel Decle
  • The cavalry officer is like the woman who deliberates—he's lost.
  • Extract from : « Mosby's War Reminiscences » by John Singleton Mosby
  • Instead of inquiring into what is, he deliberates about what ought to be.
  • Extract from : « Dictatorship vs. Democracy » by Leon Trotsky
  • The Convention, really much at a loss, discusses and deliberates.
  • Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
  • In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The person who deliberates in lost.
  • Extract from : « Sermons on Various Important Subjects » by Andrew Lee
  • The jury, after receiving its instructions, retires from the court room and deliberates in secret.
  • Extract from : « Government in the United States » by James Wilford Garner
  • Do not divers wills distract the mind, while he deliberates which he should rather choose?
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of Saint Augustine » by Saint Augustine
  • She turns her back upon the tea drinkers as she deliberates, my lady chez Columbin.
  • Extract from : « In Vanity Fair » by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd

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