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   manducate

   /ˈmandjʊkeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. chew or eat: formal "she fell upon the wretched vegetable and manducated it"

   Word Origin early 17th century (earlier (early 16th century) as manducation): from Latin manducat- ‘chewed’, from the verb manducare, from manduco ‘guzzler’, from mandere ‘to chew’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. manducation noun
   • 2. manducatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • A

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   • A

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