RUMINATING
Verb
ruminating
present participle of ruminate
Noun
ruminating (plural ruminatings)
An act of pondering over, meditation, or reflection.
Source: Wiktionary
RUMINATE
Ru"mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ruminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruminating.] Etym: [L. ruminatus, p.p. of ruminari, ruminare, fr.
rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch, erugere to belch out,
Gr. roccettan.]
1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and
swallowed. "Cattle free to ruminate." Wordsworth.
2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder;
to reflect. Cowper.
Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that ruminates on the
felicity of heaven I. Taylor.
Ru"mi*nate, v. t.
1. To chew over again.
2. Fig.: To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. Dryden.
What I know Is ruminated, plotted, and set down. Shak.
Ru"mi*nate, Ru"mi*na`ted, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled
with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American
papaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition