brayne

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A form of brain — The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

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Meanings

nounbrayne (plural braynes)

plural braynes

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of brain.

    The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.

    1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That there is but Onely One God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 18

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APA

brayne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brayne

MLA

“brayne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brayne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brayne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brayne.

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