Remasticate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To chew or masticate again.

    "Ruminants such as cattle and sheep regurgitate and remasticate their food."

  2. 2
    To go over or ponder again. figuratively

    "Nixon, on the same night, sat alone, remasticating answers for Bud Wilkinson, his kept TV interrogator […]"

Synonyms

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rechew

Example

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"Ruminants such as cattle and sheep regurgitate and remasticate their food."

Etymology

From re- + masticate.

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