different between perseverate vs ruminate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from perseveration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???s?v??e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??s?v???e?t/

Verb

perseverate (third-person singular simple present perseverates, present participle perseverating, simple past and past participle perseverated)

1. (instransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
   • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 84:

     After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.

2. (transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).

Synonyms

• obsesses (excess attention or obsession)
• keep on (to repeat)
• harp (to repeat; verb)

Derived terms

• perseveration
• perseveratory

Translations

Italian

Verb

perseverate

1. second-person plural present indicative of perseverare
2. second-person plural imperative of perseverare
3. feminine plural of perseverato

Latin

Verb

persev?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of persev?r?

English

Etymology

1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from Latin r?min?tus, past participle of r?min?re (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”), from r?men (“the throat, gullet”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??um?ne?t/

Verb

ruminate (third-person singular simple present ruminates, present participle ruminating, simple past and past participle ruminated)

1. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

2. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
3. (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
   • Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder
• Or Thesaurus:think

Derived terms

• ruminator

Related terms

• rumen
• ruminant
• rumination

Translations

Adjective

ruminate (not comparable)

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

See also

• chew the cud

Further reading

• ruminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ruminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ruminate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

ruminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ruminare
2. second-person plural imperative of ruminare
3. feminine plural of ruminato

Anagrams

• numerati

Latin

Participle

r?min?te

1. vocative masculine singular of r?min?tus