different between remasticate vs premasticate

remasticate

English

Etymology

re- +? masticate

Verb

remasticate (third-person singular simple present remasticates, present participle remasticating, simple past and past participle remasticated)

  1. To chew or masticate again.
  2. (figuratively) To go over or ponder again.
    • 1970, Garry Wills, Nixon Agonistes, New York: New American Library, Chapter 7, p. 257,[1]
      Nixon, on the same night, sat alone, remasticating answers for Bud Wilkinson, his kept TV interrogator []
    • 2000, Jack Olsen, Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt, New York: Doubleday, “Enigma in Robes,” p. 384,[2]
      Matters that had been adjudicated in other courts would not be remasticated.

Synonyms

  • rechew

Related terms

  • remastication

Translations

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premasticate

English

Etymology

pre- +? masticate

Verb

premasticate (third-person singular simple present premasticates, present participle premasticating, simple past and past participle premasticated)

  1. (transitive) prechew

Anagrams

  • parmacetties

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