De*lib"er*a*tive (?), a. [L. deliberativus: cf. F. délibératif.] Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.

A consummate work of deliberative wisdom.

The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.

De*lib"er*a*tive, n. 1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. Bacon.

2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

• Describing an organization that deliberates.