manducate, v.
(ˈmændjʊkeɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. mandūcā-re to chew: see -ate3.]
trans. To chew, eat. Hence ˈmanducated ppl. a.
| 1623 Cockeram, Manducate, to eat. 1624 F. White Repl. Fisher 490 To manducate, that is, to chew or swallow, and to let the Element receiued, passe into their stomach. 1654 Jer. Taylor Real Pres. 147 Either we manducate the accidents only, or else the substance of bread, or the substance of Christs body. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 242 Being manducated, they confirm loose teeth. 1727 in Bailey vol. II. 1822 Blackw. Mag. XI. 161 Whate'er front-tooth can bite, and grinders manducate. 1826 Good Bk. Nat. (1834) I. 276 The..manducated food. 1876 E. Mellor Priesth. iv. 179 The literal interpreters..supposing that our Saviour referred to bread which could be manducated in the ordinary manner. |