cerebrate
/ˈsɛɹɪbɹeɪt/
cerebrate verb: to think or cogitate, especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.
Verb
cerebrate (third-person singular simple present cerebrates, present participle cerebrating, simple past and past participle cerebrated)
Noun
cerebrate (plural cerebrates)
- Any salt of cerebric acid (cerebrin).
cerebrate meaning in Tamil
cerebrate in Tamil
- மூளை உழைப்பு, ஆழ்சிந்தனை
Forms of cerebrate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | cerebrates |
| present participle | cerebrating |
| past participle | cerebrated |
| past | cerebrated |
| Noun | |
| plural | cerebrates |
Origin of cerebrate
First attested in 1874; from Latin cerebrum (“brain”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); likely a back-formation from cerebration.
From (obsolete) cerebric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Words formed from cerebrate
Questions about cerebrate
- What does cerebrate mean?
- Cerebrate means to think or cogitate, especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.
- What is cerebrate in Tamil?
- Cerebrate in Tamil is மூளை உழைப்பு, ஆழ்சிந்தனை. See Cerebrate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cerebrate?
- Cerebrate can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cerebrate?
- Cerebrate is pronounced /ˈsɛɹɪbɹeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of cerebrate?
- The past tense of cerebrate is cerebrated.
Words near cerebrate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cerebrate (page history and authors); cerebrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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