masticate
verb (used with or without object)
to chew.
has masticated
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present perfectof masticate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Often as I sit in the twilight, I twirl it around and around, a-thinking of the wagon-loads of food it has masticated, the blood that has flowed over it, the groans that it has cost!
From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Kate Sanborn
