Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-LIB'ER-ATE, a.

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 or considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure, or result.
3. Slow; as, a deliberate death or echo. [Hardly legitimate.] – Bacon.