manducate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin manducatus, past participle of manducare (“to chew”). See manger.

Verb

manducate (third-person singular simple present manducates, present participle manducating, simple past and past participle manducated)

1. (literary) To chew; to masticate.
2. (literary) To eat.

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Italian

Verb

manducate

1. second-person plural present indicative of manducare
2. second-person plural imperative of manducare
3. feminine plural of manducato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mandūcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mandūcō