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Webster 1913 Edition
Rumination
Ruˊmi-na′tion
,Noun.
[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 1828 Edition
Rumination
RUMINA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of chewing the cud.2.
The power or property of chewing the cud.Rumination is given to animals, to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterwards to chew it.
3.
A musing or continued thinking on a subject; deliberate meditation or reflection.Retiring full of rumination sad.