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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]Cattle free to ruminate.[b8] --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. | |
