Word Meanings - REMASTICATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.
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- REPEATEDLY
More than once; again and again; indefinitely. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - MASTICATION
The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. Arbuthnot. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - MASTICATE
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food. - CHEWINK
An american bird of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin. - MASTICATOR
1. One who masticates. 2. A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture. - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - CHEW
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the - MASTICATER
One who masticates. - AGAINWARD
Back again. - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - CHEWER
One who chews. - MASTICATORY
Chewing; adapted to perform the office o - CHEWET
A kind of meat pie. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - REMASTICATION
The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly. - ESCHEW
1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Sandys. - ESCHEWER
One who eschews. - ESCHEWMENT
The act of eschewing. - FITCHET; FITCHEW
The European polecat . See Polecat.