Category:Ruminate

Ru"mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ruminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruminating.] Etym: [l. ruminatus, p.p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr. Rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out, Gr. 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.

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.

Ruminate; ruminated Ru"mi*nate, ru"mi*na`ted, a. (bot.)

Defn: having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled With softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the north american Papaw.