Brain (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brained (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Braining.]
1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
There thou mayst brain him.
Shak.
It was the swift celerity of the death...
That brained my purpose.
Shak.
2. To conceive; to understand.
�T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue, and brain not.
Shak.