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ruminated |
2 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\, 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.
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