Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruminate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruminate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, Ruminated \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ruminate
v 1: chew the cuds; of ruminants
2: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of
the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the
question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist
must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: {chew
over}, {think over}, {meditate}, {ponder}, {excogotate}, {contemplate},
{muse}, {reflect}, {mull}, {mull over}, {speculate}]
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