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ruminate

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  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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