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  • 1ruminate — Synonyms and related words: be abstracted, bite, brood, brood over, champ, chaw, chew, chew over, chew the cud, chew up, chomp, chump, con over, consider, contemplate, crunch, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, deliberate upon, digest,… …

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  • 2ruminate — I. v. n. 1. Chew the cud. 2. Muse, meditate, ponder, cogitate, think, reflect. II. v. a. Meditate, chew, muse on, reflect upon, ponder upon, think about, brood over, chew the cud upon …

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  • 3ruminate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, from rumin , rumen rumen; perhaps akin to Sanskrit romantha act of chewing the cud Date: 1533 transitive verb 1. to go over in the mind… …

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  • 4muse — muser, n. /myoohz/, v., mused, musing. v.i. 1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. v.t. 3. to meditate on. 4. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. [1300 50; ME musen to mutter …

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  • 5revolve — I. v. n. 1. Rotate, wheel, turn, roll round an axis, turn round. 2. Circle, move round a centre. 3. Pass away in cycles. 4. Fall back, return, devolve. II. v. a. 1. Cause to turn round, circulate. 2. Consider …

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  • 6consider — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. deliberate, ponder, brood, contemplate, meditate, ruminate, reflect; speculate, turn, revolve, weigh, muse; believe, judge, deem; regard, take into account, heed, mark, notice, mind; entertain; esteem …

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  • 7ponder — ponder, meditate, muse, ruminate can mean to consider or examine something attentively, seriously, and with more or less deliberation. Ponder characteristically retains its original implication of weighing and usually suggests consideration of a… …

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  • 8Unclean animals — This article presents religious views on unclean animals. For discussion in relation to specific animals and food, see Taboo food and drink. The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam and some Christian denominations.… …

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  • 9consider — Synonyms and related words: account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, admit, admit exceptions, air, allow, allow for, analyze, assume, be abstracted, be afraid, be concerned, be judicious, be thoughtful of, bear in mind, believe, brood, canvass,… …

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  • 10deliberate — Synonyms and related words: advise with, advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, air, ambling, analyze, back down, balance, bargain, be abstracted, brood, brood over, calculated, call in, calm, canny, canvass, careful, cautious, chaw, chew over,… …

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