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With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. W. Montagu.

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.…

In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.

One who deliberates.

To strip off the bark; to peel. [Obs.] Ash.

The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash.

To madden; to rave. [Obs.] An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Motley. Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede.

To emigrate. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Emigration. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

te of democracy, or government by the people. Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat. Tennyson.

Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.

Democratic. The democratical was democratically received. Algernon Sidney.

In a democratic manner.

The principles or spirit of a democracy. [R.]

A democrat. [R.] Burke.

To render democratic.

Democracy. [Obs.] Milton.