"cerebralize" meaning in English

See cerebralize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cerebralizes [present, singular, third-person], cerebralizing [participle, present], cerebralized [participle, past], cerebralized [past], cerebralise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cerebral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English cerebralize From cerebral + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cerebral|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cerebral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English cerebralize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cerebralize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cerebralize"> From cerebral + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} cerebralize (third-person singular simple present cerebralizes, present participle cerebralizing, simple past and past participle cerebralized)
  1. (transitive) To make a mental picture or map of. Tags: transitive Translations (to make a mental picture or map): cérébraliser (French)
    Sense id: en-cerebralize-en-verb-mZxzACYY Disambiguation of 'to make a mental picture or map': 80 20
  2. (transitive, linguistics, obsolete) To make (a consonant) retroflex. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-cerebralize-en-verb-RptTuRR8 Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cerebralization

Inflected forms

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