Meanings
nouncerebation (plural cerebations)
plural cerebations
- The act of using the mind; thought.
What he said, when he did speak, (whether accidentally, or through unconscious cerebation, who shall say?) was just what he would have been likely to feel under the circumstance.
1875, Edward Heneage Dering, Sherborne; or, The House at the Four Ways, Smith, Elder & Co., page 284
Origin
Presumably a variant of cerebration, from Latin cerebrum, "brain", + -ation.
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cerebation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebation
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerebation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebation.
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