RUMINATION

rumination. Rumination, n. meditation, reflection, deep study

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Ru′mi‐na″tion (?), n. [[L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.]] 1. 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. 2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
Retiring full of rumination sad. Thomson. 3. 3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, — occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.