Ruminate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Ruminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruminating

1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
2. To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect. Fig.:

   Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven?

1. To chew over again.
2. To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. Fig.:

   Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.

   What I know Is ruminated, plotted, and set down.

1. Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. (Bot.)