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Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.

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.…

s to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.

An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. Fulke.

A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic. The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley.

Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic] Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.

sy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. Milton.

Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation. For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay.

Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

t; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.

The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.

To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison.

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.

Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.

Interpolated discussion or dialogue.

he conditions from time to time of international intercourse, being drawn from diplomatic discussion, textbooks, proof of usage, and from recitals in treaties. It is called public when treating of the relations of sovereign powers, and private when of the relations of persons of different nationalities. International l…