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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rumination \Ru'mi*na"tion\, noun [L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.]
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. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson.
3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rumination
noun
1: a calm lengthy intent consideration [syn: {contemplation}, {reflection}, {reflexion}, {musing}, {thoughtfulness}]
2: (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
3: regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
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