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.