What is "manducate"

Manducate \Man"du*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated; p. pr. & vb. n. Manducating.] [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See Manger.] To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.]
--Jer. Taylor.

vb. 1 (context literary English) to chew; to masticate 2 (context literary English) to eat

v. chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" [syn: chew, masticate, jaw]