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.