ruminate

Etymology

1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from Latin rūminātus, perfect active participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”), of uncertain origin.

verb

1. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
   A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
2. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
   I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
   Meanwhile, the MoT had itself also been ruminating on options for the northern half of the route. April 8 2020, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 59
3. (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

adj

1. (botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
   a ruminate endosperm