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Ruminate

Ruminate Meaning & Definition
Ruminate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ruminate?

[v] reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
[v] (of ruminants) chew the cuds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ruminate: chew over | contemplate | excogotate | meditate | mull | mull over | muse | ponder | reflect | speculate | think over

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See Also | bethink | brood | cerebrate | cogitate | consider | dwell | eat | introspect | premeditate | puzzle | question | study | theologise | theologize | think | wonder | worry

Ruminate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.
\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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