Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deliberated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Deliberating}.]
   To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and
   against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder;
   as, to deliberate a question.