"cerebrate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛɹɪbɹeɪt/ Forms: cerebrates [present, singular, third-person], cerebrating [participle, present], cerebrated [participle, past], cerebrated [past]
Etymology: From Latin cerebrum (“brain”); likely a back-formation from cerebration. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cerebrum||brain}} Latin cerebrum (“brain”), {{back-form|en|cerebration|nocap=1}} back-formation from cerebration Head templates: {{en-verb}} cerebrate (third-person singular simple present cerebrates, present participle cerebrating, simple past and past participle cerebrated)
  1. To think or cogitate, especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems. Derived forms: decerebrate Related terms: cerebration, cerebrative, cerebral Translations (to think or cogitate): järkeillä (Finnish), размышля́ть (razmyšljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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