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remasticate

verb

Etymology

From re- + masticate.

  1. derived from μαστιχάω
  2. borrowed from masticātus
  3. prefixed as remasticate — “re + masticate”

Definitions

  1. To chew or masticate again.

    • Ruminants such as cattle and sheep regurgitate and remasticate their food.

  2. To go over or ponder again.

    • Nixon, on the same night, sat alone, remasticating answers for Bud Wilkinson, his kept TV interrogator […]
    • Matters that had been adjudicated in other courts would not be remasticated.

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