"manducate" meaning in English

See manducate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: manducates [present, singular, third-person], manducating [participle, present], manducated [participle, past], manducated [past]
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, perfect passive participle of to chew, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French manger. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1623}} First attested in 1623, {{bor+|en|la|mandūcātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{cog|fr|manger}} French manger Head templates: {{en-verb}} manducate (third-person singular simple present manducates, present participle manducating, simple past and past participle manducated), {{tlb|en|transitive|literary}} (transitive, literary)
  1. To chew (something); to masticate. Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-manducate-en-verb-v8GwLVIE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. To eat (something). Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-manducate-en-verb-JyVbQl3w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: manducator, manducatory Related terms: manducation, manger

Inflected forms

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