cerebrate

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The Word of the Day for May 17 is:

cerebrate   \SAIR-uh-brayt\   verb
     : to use the mind : think

Example sentence:
     Jane is apt to cerebrate at length before making even minor decisions.

Did you know? 
     When you think of the human brain, you probably think of the cerebrum, the 
large, fissured upper portion of the brain that is recognized as the neural 
control center for thought and sensory perception. In 1853, Dr. William 
Carpenter thought of the cerebrum when he coined "unconscious cerebration," a 
term describing the mental process by which people seem to do the right thing 
or come up with the right answer without conscious effort. People thought 
enough of Carpenter's coinage to use it as the basis of "cerebrate," though the 
verb refers to active thinking rather than subconscious processing. 
"Cerebrate," 
"cerebrum," and the related adjective "cerebral" all derive from the Latin word 
for "brain," which is "cerebrum."





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