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Ruminate

//ˈɹumɪneɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. not-comparable

    "a ruminate endosperm"

Verb
  1. 1
    To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. intransitive

    "A camel will ruminate just as a cow will."

  2. 2
    reflect deeply on a subject wordnet
  3. 3
    To meditate or reflect. intransitive

    "I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first."

  4. 4
    chew the cuds wordnet
  5. 5
    To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. transitive

    "What I know / Is ruminated, plotted, and set down."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminor (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), itself of uncertain origin.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1800, in the writings of John Hull; borrowed from Latin rūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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