Meaning

2 senses

  1. (literary, transitive)To chew (something); to masticate.

    chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

  2. (literary, transitive)To eat (something).

Origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, perfect passive participle of to c

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

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Forms

manducates, manducating, manducated, manducated
Base formmanducate · to manducate
3rd person singularmanducates
Present participlemanducating
Past simplemanducated
Past participlemanducated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymanducate
he, she, itmanducates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmanducated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave manducated
he, she, ithas manducated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill manducate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedmanducationmanger
Derivedmanducatormanducatory

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mandatorymandiblemandolinmanemaneuverC1manga
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