Ru"mi*nate (?), v. 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. , 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.
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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.
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Ru"mi*nate (?), Ru"mi*na`ted (?), 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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