单词 | consultative |
释义 | consultativeadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to consultation; having the right or power to advise or join in consultation; deliberative, advisory: said chiefly of a body whose function is to take part in a consultation, but not to vote upon the decision. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective] > deliberative or consultative deliberative?1520 consultative1583 consultatory1600 consultory1619 consultive1620 consulting1796 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. O7 To haue a consultatiue exhortatiue, or consentatiue voice onely. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xx. 91 The Council is a purely consultative body assembled..solely for his information and guidance. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 117 In this consultative and executive body, discussion is quite free. A consultative voice or vote; a right to consult or deliberate. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > counsel or consultation > a right to consult consultative1659 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 67 I would willingly have another House, and give them a consultative in some things, and in other things a negative. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 355 To give them a consultative, will imp your wings; but to give them a negative, you will be like a bird in a string. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1583 |
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