Deliberate /(dē̇*lĭb"ẽr*ā̇t)/

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

   Settled visage and deliberate word.

3. Not hasty or sudden; slow.

   His enunciation was so deliberate.

4. having awareness of the likely consequences; intentional.

imp. & p. p. Deliberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliberating

1. 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.

1. 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.

   The woman that deliberates is lost.