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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To masticate; chew.

Wiktionary

  1. v. literary to chew; to masticate
  2. v. literary to eat

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. rare To masticate; to chew; to eat.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

Etymologies

  1. Latin manducatus, past participle of manducare to chew. See manger. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Gospel, of Christ lifting up His eyes to heaven while consecrating this sacrament: and similarly it is said in the Gospel: "Take ye and eat" (_comedite_) without the addition of the word "all," whereas in celebrating this sacrament we say: "Lifting up His eyes to heaven," and again, "Take ye and eat (_manducate_) of this.”

    Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition

  • “When hornlike nowadays modify you downbound to pennies, you crapper ever better alacritous from a business manducate with your home!”

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