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.{ 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.