Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pronounce as a cerebral, that is, by bringing the tip of the tongue upward against the palate; treat, consider, or mark as a cerebral.
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- verb To make a
mental picture ormap of something. - verb linguistics, obsolete To make (a consonant)
retroflex .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And yet the trend for directors in the last few decades has been to cerebralize these works, as if the soaring melodies and lush orchestrations constituted a kind of Rosetta Stone they must decipher.
Howard Kissel: The Met's New Faust Howard Kissel 2011
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And yet the trend for directors in the last few decades has been to cerebralize these works, as if the soaring melodies and lush orchestrations constituted a kind of Rosetta Stone they must decipher.
Howard Kissel: The Met's New Faust Howard Kissel 2011
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And yet the trend for directors in the last few decades has been to cerebralize these works, as if the soaring melodies and lush orchestrations constituted a kind of Rosetta Stone they must decipher.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Howard Kissel 2011
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