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Brain
Brain
n.
The
whitish
mass
of
soft
matter
(
the
center
of
the
nervous
system
,
and
the
seat
of
consciousness
and
volition
)
which
is
inclosed
in
the
cartilaginous
or
bony
cranium
of
vertebrate
animals
. It is
simply
the
anterior
termination
of
the
spinal
cord
,
and
is
developed
from
three
embryonic
vesicles
,
whose
cavities
are
connected
with
the
central
canal
of
the
cord
;
the
cavities
of
the
vesicles
become
the
central
cavities
, or
ventricles
,
and
the
walls
thicken
unequally
and
become
the
three
segments
,
the
fore
-,
mid
-,
and
hind
-
brain
.
Brain
n.
The
anterior
or
cephalic
ganglion
in
insects
and
other
invertebrates
.
Brain
n.
The
organ
or
seat
of
intellect
;
hence
,
the
understanding
.
Brain
n.
The
affections
;
fancy
;
imagination
.
Brain
v. t.
To
dash
out
the
brains
of; to
kill
by
beating
out
the
brains
.
Hence
,
Fig
.: To
destroy
; to
put
an
end
to; to
defeat
.
Brain
v. t.
To
conceive
; to
understand
.
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