Ruminate Definition
ro͝omə-nāt
ruminated, ruminates, ruminating
verb
ruminated, ruminates, ruminating
To chew (the cud), as a cow does.
Webster's New World
To turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on)
Webster's New World
To reflect on over and over again.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
(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.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ruminate
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1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from Latin rÅ«minātus, past participle of rÅ«mināre (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind"), from rÅ«men (“the throat, gullet") (generally ruminis), of uncertain origin.
From Wiktionary
Latin rūmināre rūmināt- from rūmen rūmin- throat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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