# Searching for a proper verb **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 19, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371 "2018-06-19T08:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/1 "2018-06-19T08:22:05Z")
Hi Does the brain ‘achieve’/‘accomplish’ the faculty of vision? None of these verbs seem suitable. Which verb would best express how the brain realizes?? the faculty of vision in conjunction with the word ‘faculty’ if that is at all possible? I look forward to your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![ToughLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@ToughLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToughLife)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/2 "2018-06-19T12:41:16Z")
[Bing](http://www.bing.com/search?q=%2b%22faculty+of+vision%22&qs=n&sp=-1&pq=undefined&sc=0-20&sk=&cvid=758FC507E2C24C05813D67B48FA4D0B9&lf=1&qpvt=%2b%22faculty+of+vision%22&first=1&FORM=PERE) returns a few dozens of “faculty of vision” hits nearly all related to crossword solving BNC ( British National Corpus) returns zero hits ( out of 14 billions words) so looks like it’s not the best collocation… ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/3 "2018-06-19T13:16:07Z")
realise, effect, reify ??? You sort of have a self referential problem, the brain is what does the visualisation and performs the cognition of what is seen. There is a lot going on. I don’t mind “achieve”. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/4 "2018-06-19T13:18:20Z")
[“Faculty”](https://www.google.com/search?q=definition%20faculty&cad=h) in this context means an inherent mental power. I would suggest the brain doesn’t achieve/accomplish such a thing; instead, it facilitates, includes, or possesses it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/5 "2018-06-19T23:34:22Z")
Your brain processes the information sent to it by yer eyeballs. My eyeballs, on the other hand, send really pathetic info to my brain (very thick glasses). ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/6 "2018-06-20T00:19:32Z")
Or… The eyes send specific information to the brain, which interprets these signals as vision ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-proper-verb/816371/7 "2018-06-20T15:30:24Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > [“Faculty”](https://www.google.com/search?q=definition%20faculty&cad=h) in this context means an inherent mental power. I would suggest the brain doesn’t achieve/accomplish such a thing; instead, it facilitates, includes, or possesses it. Thanks Machine Elf. Thank you all. Very helpful.