{ 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.
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.
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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