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ruminating
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Ruminating
(gcide) | Ruminate \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.
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2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
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Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
ruminates on the felicity of heaven? --I. Taylor.
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Ruminating
(gcide) | Ruminate \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.
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2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
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Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
ruminates on the felicity of heaven? --I. Taylor.
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