All 3 Uses of
deliberate
in
Common Sense
- Some convenient tree will afford them a State-House, under the branches of which, the whole colony may assemble to deliberate on public matters.†
Chpt 1.
- Interested men, who are not to be trusted; weak men, who CANNOT see; prejudiced men, who WILL NOT see; and a certain set of moderate men, who think better of the European world than it deserves; and this last class, by an ill-judged deliberation, will be the cause of more calamities to this continent, than all the other three.†
Chpt 3. *
- A government of our own is our natural right: And when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance.†
Chpt 3.
Definition:
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(deliberate as in: need to deliberate) to think about or discuss -- especially with great care