Ruminating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
        ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
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              Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
              ruminates on the felicity of heaven?  --I. Taylor.
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