remasticate en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + masticate.
Meanings
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To chew or masticate again.
Ruminants such as cattle and sheep regurgitate and remasticate their food.
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(figuratively) To go over or ponder again.
Matters that had been adjudicated in other courts would not be remasticated.
2000, Jack Olsen, “Enigma in Robes”, in Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt, New York: Doubleday, page 384:Nixon, on the same night, sat alone, remasticating answers for Bud Wilkinson, his kept TV interrogator […]
1970, Garry Wills, chapter 7, in Nixon Agonistes,, New York: New American Library, page 257:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| remasticates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| remasticated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| remasticated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| remasticating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
fr remâcher (go over again) · fr remâcher (chew again) · ga athchogain (chew again) · de wiederkäuen (chew again) · it rimasticare (chew again) · eo remaĉi (chew again) · it rimasticare (go over again)