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Webster 1913 Edition
Ruminate
Ru′mi-nate
,Verb.
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. [GREEK], 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
,Verb.
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
Is
ruminated
, plotted, and set down. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Ruminate
RU'MINATE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. Oxen, sheep, deer, goats, camels, hares and squirrels ruminate in fact; other animals, as moles, bees, crickets, beetles, crabs, &c. only appear to ruminate.The only animals endowed with the genuine faculty of rumination, are the Ruminantia, or cloven-hoofed quadrupeds, but the hare, although its stomach is differently organized, is an occasional and partial ruminant.
2.
To muse; to meditate; to think again and again; to ponder. It is natural to ruminate on misfortunes.He practices a slow meditation, and ruminates on the subject.
RU'MINATE
, v.t.1.
To chew over again.2.
To muse on; to meditate over and over again.Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
Definition 2024
ruminate
ruminate
English
Verb
ruminate (third-person singular simple present ruminates, present participle ruminating, simple past and past participle ruminated)
- (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
- (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
- (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
- Shakespeare
- What I know / Is ruminated, plotted, and set down.
- Dryden
- Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:ponder
- Or Wikisaurus:think
Translations
to chew cud
|
to meditate
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Adjective
ruminate (not comparable)
- (botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
- a ruminate endosperm