rechew

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English chew English rechew From re- + chew.

1. To chew again.

   “Nor could He (as some Beasts rechew their meat, To cause the same the better to disgest) Rechew this Bread,”

   “When nibbling Sheep at large pursue their Food, And unmolested Kine rechew the Cud;”

2. To go over or ponder again.

   “His mind insisted on rechewing its doubts, rather than engage in constructive thought.”

   “[…] his disease is mostly impatience with contemporary trends in art and literature that have passed him by. And so he rechews the classics, “which those ignorant fellows never bothered to read,” […]”