manducate

Definitions

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

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Examples

“If we manducate bread, then it is capable of all the natural alterations, and it cannot be denied. But if we manducate Christ's body after a natural manner, what worse thing is it, that it descends into the guts, than that it goes into the stomach; to be cast⟳ forth, than to be torn in pieces with the teeth, as I have⟳ proved that it is by the Roman doctrine?”

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