Definition of Cerebrate

1. Verb. Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments. "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"


Definition of Cerebrate

1. v. i. To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Definition of Cerebrate

1. Verb. To think or cogitate; especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cerebrate

1. [v -BRATED, -BRATING, -BRATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerebrate

cerebralise
cerebralised
cerebralises
cerebralising
cerebralism
cerebralisms
cerebralist
cerebralists
cerebralize
cerebralized
cerebralizes
cerebralizing
cerebrally
cerebrally challenged
cerebrals
cerebrate (current term)
cerebrated
cerebrates
cerebrating
cerebration
cerebrations
cerebri-
cerebric
cerebricity
cerebriform
cerebrifugal
cerebrin
cerebripetal
cerebritides
cerebritis

Literary usage of Cerebrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1841)
"As to the portion which is insoluble in alcohol, and which is formed of albumen and cerebrate of soda, it is boiled with alcohol containing a little ..."

2. The Chemist ; Or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements by Charles Watt (1840)
"As to the portion which is insoluble in alcohol, and which is formed of albumen and cerebrate of soda, it ie boiled with alcohol containing a little ..."

3. The Detroit Medical Journal edited by Leartus Connor, John Jolliffe Mulheron (1877)
"Oct., 1877. l$77- cerebrate of Ammonium 6 Phosphide of Nitrogen i part cerebrate of Calcium 8 cerebrate of Sodium.. 3 cerebrate of Magnesium ^ Free ..."

4. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"cerebrate OF AMMONIA. Almost insoluble in alcohol. cerebrate OF BARYTA. ... I Almost insoluble cerebrate OF SODA. J in alcohol.. cerebrate OF ..."

5. Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James (1916)
"It is to cerebrate. To cerebrate means to think, to reason, ... To think, then, is to cerebrate. To worry is to cerebrate intensely. ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"Mc- Nalty explains the occurrence of delirium in a state of somnolence as attempts of the individual to cerebrate. He is of the opinion that the lethargy is ..."

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