cerebrate

[ ser-uh-breyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, cer·e·brat·ed, cer·e·brat·ing.

1. to use the mind; think or think about.

cerebrate

/ ˈsɛrɪˌbreɪt /

verb

1. facetious.
   intr to use the mind; think; ponder; consider

Other Words From

• cere·bration noun
• cere·bration·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebrate¹

1870–75; back formation from cerebration. See cerebrum, -ation

Example Sentences

Regular customers of Ziegfeld’s-Secrets recalled that Carroll went to great lengths to cerebrate holidays at the club, with elaborate decorations for Christmas and Halloween.

From Washington Blade

They are holding My fate in that atrophied ganglion of theirs which couldn't cerebrate the functions of any single of My cells?'

From Project Gutenberg

Highbrows always cerebrate about the movies in one way or another.

From Project Gutenberg