\De*lib"er*a*tive\, a. [L. deliberativus: cf. F.
d['e]lib['e]ratif.]
Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by
deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating;
as, a deliberative body.
      A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. --Bancroft.
      The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from
      the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
                                               --Hallam.

\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.