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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus p. p. of ruminari
ruminare, fr rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch,
erugere to belch out Gr ?, AS roccettan.]
1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly
chewed and swallowed. ``Cattle free to ruminate.''
--Wordsworth.
2. Fig.: To think again and again to muse; to meditate; to
ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
ruminates on the felicity of heaven? --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. t.
1. To chew over again
2. Fig.: To meditate or ponder over to muse on
Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. --Dryden.
What I know Is ruminated, plotted, and set down
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, Ruminated \Ru"mi*na`ted\, a. (Bot.)
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled
with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North
American papaw.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ruminate
v 1: chew the cuds; of ruminants
2: think about at length and in depth; "I mulled over the
events of the afternoon" [syn: {chew over}, {think over},
{meditate}, {ponder}, {contemplate}, {muse}, {reflect}, {mull},
{mull over}, {speculate}]
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