Meaning of RUMINATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'roomu`neyt
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Definition: | | Mottled in appearance, e.g. of bark, or of the food reserves in a seed. |
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