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ruminative
Variant of ruminate
transitive verb, intransitive verb ruminated, ruminating
- to chew (the cud), as a cow does
- to turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on)
Related Forms:
- rumination noun
- ruminative adjective
- ruminatively adverb
- ruminator noun
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