v. i.
Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the felicity of heaven? I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
What I know
Is ruminated, plotted, and set down. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination. ]
Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Retiring full of rumination sad. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who ruminates or muses; a meditator. [ 1913 Webster ]