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ruminate
v. i. [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. (Wordsworth.)
2. 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.)
v. t. 1. To chew over again. ()
2. 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.)
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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