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

Fans dressed as movie Star Wars characters pose as they cerebrate the Star Wars Day in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

From US News

The #MaikelNabil and Israel love affair is simply pathetic,shows how 30+ years of normalization didn't work, israel has to cerebrate 1 ally.

From New York Times

“You came to celebrate/I came to cerebrate,” Black Thought declares in “The Fire.”

From New York Times

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