manducate

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manducate

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First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, perfect passive participle of to chew, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French manger.

verb manducates · manducating · manducated

literary, transitive To chew (something); to masticate.
literary, transitive To eat (something). If we manducate bread, then it is 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; to be cast forth, than to be torn in pieces with th

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@misc{manducate_2026,
  title = {manducate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manducate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}