manducate

verb

1. To chew (something); to masticate.

   literary, transitive

2. To eat (something).

   literary, transitive

   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?

Where it comes from

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, perfect passive participle of to chew, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French manger.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry manducate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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