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Previous deliberation.

To deliberate again; to reconsider.

Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written also subcalibre.] Subcaliber projectile, a projectile having a smaller diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight.

l powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language. Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. Madison.

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law), to agree that a wr…

aining; to win. Some are born great, some achieve greatness. Shak. Thou hast achieved our liberty. Milton.

The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." Burke.

commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.] Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton.

Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. [Obs.] Shak.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

Consideration; deliberation; consultation. Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser.

o dispose or incline. Men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty. Milton.

grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest. He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. Macaulay.

Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.

made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

in Syria. Antiochian epoch (Chron.), a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.

orification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.