This week's theme
Verbs derived from body parts

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inveigle
emancipate
capitulate
inculcate
ruminate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ROO-mi-nayt)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.:
1. To think deeply upon.
2. To chew the cud.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin ruminare (to chew the cud), from rumen (throat). Earliest documented use: 1533.

USAGE:

"It's like having little wormholes to slip into and ruminate humanity before being slapped out by the sharp turns of the plot."
Human/Being; Tehelka (New Delhi, India); Jun 18, 2012.

See more usage examples of ruminate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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