HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of braine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Obsolete spelling of brain.
    alt-of, obsolete
  3. A commune in Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“That the three pricinpall faculties of the ſoule, the vnderſtanding, the imagination and memorie are diſtinguiſhed by three ſeverall Cells or Ventricles in the braine, the imaginatiō(as is cōceiued)being cōfined to the forepart, the memory to the hinder part, and judgement or vnderſtanding to the middle part thereof; which opinion Laurentius confutes, and Fermelius derides, makeing them all to be diſperſed thorow all the receptacles of the braine, in as much as ſomtime when the whole braine is diſaffected, the operation but of one of thoſe faculties is hurt; and ſometimes againe when but one ventricle is hurt, the operation of all the three faculties are hindered.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See braine used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course