ruminate

Speech parts

1. ruminate - Adjective

2. ruminate - Verb

Meaning

To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.

To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.

To chew over again.

To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Alt. of Ruminated

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To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to feather the arrows of our enemies, to lash ourselves with the scorpions of our foes, and to resolve to sleep no more. Thomas Browne

It was his experience that crises in space fell into two categories: those that killed you immediately, usually without much warning, and those that gave you plenty of time to ruminate on the problem, even if no solution was very likely. Alastair Reynolds

The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged, powerless, self-critical, pessimistic, and generally negatively biased. Sonja Lyubomirsky

I mulled over the events of the afternoon Source: Internet

philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years Source: Internet

The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate Source: Internet

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