ˈruminated, ppl. a.
[f. ruminate v.]
1. Meditated, considered, digested.
| 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. ii. §12 Which kind of Ruminated History I thinke..fit to place amongst Bookes of policie. c 1630 Donne Serm. ix. 83 It is a second, a Ruminated, a reflected Knowledge. |
2. Bot. Presenting a chewed appearance; permeated by striæ; striated, marbled.
| 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1839) i. ii. 249 It is perforated in every direction by dry cellular tissue..: in this state it is said to be ruminated. 1849 Balfour Man. Bot. 281 The albumen may..present a mottled appearance, as in the Nutmeg,..and some Palms.., where it is called ruminated. 1874 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 387 When split open, the albumen is seen to be ruminated; the cut surface resembling that of a nutmeg. |
3. Subjected to rumination or re-chewing.
| 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. V. 303/1 A muscular fold forms a direct pathway for the ruminated food. |