Hyphenation of ruminate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ruminate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ru-mi-nate

Definitions of ruminate:

1.	Chew the cuds Cows ruminate
2.	Reflect deeply on a subject I mulled over the events of the afternoon Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate

Synonyms of ruminate:

verb	eat
verb	chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, speculate, think, cogitate, cerebrate

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