manducate
English
Etymology
From Latin manducatus, past participle of manducare (“to chew”). See manger.
Verb
manducate (third-person singular simple present manducates, present participle manducating, simple past and past participle manducated)
- (literary) To chew; to masticate.
- (literary) To eat.
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
- If we manducate bread , then 'tis capable of all the natural alterations , and it cannot be denied . But if we manducate Christ s body after a natural manner , what worse thing is it that it descends into the guts than that it goes into the stomach
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]
Italian
Verb
manducate
- inflection of manducare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
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