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ruminate in English
- ruminate⇄adv. ruminatingly.
- ruminate⇄ruminate, verb, -nated,-nating.
- ruminate⇄v.i. 1. to chew the cud.
2. (Figurative.) to think or ponder; meditate; reflect.
Ex. I ruminated on the strange events of the past week. Mr. Wendover ... stood gloomily ruminating in front of the fire (Mrs. Humphry Ward).
(SYN) cogita - ruminate⇄v.t. 1. to chew again.
Ex. A cow ruminates its food.
2. (Figurative.) to turn over in the mind; meditate on.
Ex. to ruminate strange plots of dire revenge (Shakespeare).