manducate

English

Etymology

From Latin mandūcātus, past participle of mandūcāre (“to chew”). See manger.

Verb

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

1. To chew (something); to masticate.
2. To eat (something).
   • 1653 (indicated as 1654), Jeremy Taylor, “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section IX. Arguments from Other Scriptures, Proving Christ’s Real Presence in the Sacrament to be Only Spiritual, Not Natural.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume IX, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, paragraph 1, page 503:

     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?

Related terms

• manducation
• manducator
• manducatory

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

manducate

1. inflection of manducare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

manducate f pl

1. feminine plural of manducato

Latin

Verb

mandūcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mandūcō

Spanish

Verb

manducate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of manducar combined with te