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ru·mi·nate       [roo-muh-neyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
2.to meditate or muse; ponder.
–verb (used with object)
3.to chew again or over and over.
4.to meditate on; ponder.
[Origin: 1525–35; < L rūminātus (ptp. of rūminārī, rūmināre to ruminate), equiv. to rūmin- (s. of rūmen rumen) + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
ru·mi·nat·ing·ly, adverb
ru·mi·na·tion, noun
ru·mi·na·tive, adjective
ru·mi·na·tive·ly, adverb
ru·mi·na·tor, noun

—Synonyms 2. think, reflect.
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ru·mi·na·tion       (rōō'mə-nā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of pondering; meditation.
  2. The act or process of chewing cud.

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rumination

noun
1. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation] 
2. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" 
3. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Rumination

Ru`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.]

1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. --Arbuthnot.

2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.

Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson.

3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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