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deliberate
English
Etymology
From Latin deliberatus, past participle of delibero (“I consider, weigh well”), from de + *libero, libro (“I weigh”), from *libera, libra (“a balance”); see librate.
Pronunciation
- (adjective):
- enPR: d?l?b??r?t, IPA(key): /d??l?b???t/
- (weak vowel merger) enPR: d?l?b??r?t, IPA(key): /d??l?b???t/
- (verb):
- enPR: d?l?b??r?t, IPA(key): /d??l?b??e?t/
- (weak vowel merger) enPR: d?l?b??r?t, IPA(key): /d??l?b??e?t/
- Hyphenation: de?lib?er?ate
Adjective
deliberate (comparative more deliberate, superlative most deliberate)
- Done on purpose; intentional.
- Synonyms: purposeful, volitional; see also Thesaurus:intentional
- Antonyms: unintentional, unwitting
- 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.
- Synonyms: circumspect, thoughtful
- Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
- Synonyms: careful, cautious, well-advised; see also Thesaurus:cautious
- Not hasty or sudden; slow.
Translations
Verb
deliberate (third-person singular simple present deliberates, present participle deliberating, simple past and past participle deliberated)
- (transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
- It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.
- (intransitive) To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.
Translations
Related terms
- deliberation
- deliberative
Further reading
- deliberate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deliberate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- deliberate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Verb
deliberate
- second-person plural present and imperative of deliberare
Latin
Verb
d?l?ber?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?l?ber?
References
- deliberate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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contemplative
English
Etymology
From Old French contemplatif, from the participle stem of Latin contempl?re.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?t?mpl?t?v/, /?k?nt?mpl?t?v/
Adjective
contemplative (comparative more contemplative, superlative most contemplative)
- Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
- 1873, John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, Chapter 5:
- Compared with the greatest poets, he may be said to be the poet of unpoetical natures, possessed of quiet and contemplative tastes. But unpoetical natures are precisely those which require poetic cultivation. This cultivation Wordsworth is much more fitted to give, than poets who are intrinsically far more poets than he.
- 1873, John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, Chapter 5:
- Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chapter 3:
- Whether the nuns of yore, being of a submissive rather than a stiff-necked generation, habitually bent their contemplative heads to avoid collision with the beams in the low ceilings of the many chambers of their House [...] may be matters of interest to its haunting ghosts (if any), but constitute no item in Miss Twinkleton's half-yearly accounts.
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chapter 3:
- Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.
- contemplative faculties
Synonyms
- (inclined to contemplate): See Thesaurus:contemplative
Derived terms
- contemplatively
Related terms
- contemplate
Translations
Noun
contemplative (plural contemplatives)
- Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious contemplation.
- 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 112:
- The contemplative must not expect exotic feelings, visions or heavenly voices; these did not come from God but from his own fevered imagination and would merely distract him from his true objective [...].
- 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 112:
French
Adjective
contemplative
- feminine singular of contemplatif
Italian
Adjective
contemplative
- feminine plural of contemplativo
Anagrams
- contemplatevi
Latin
Adjective
contempl?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of contempl?t?vus
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