CHEW,
1. To bite and grind with the teeth to masticate, as food, to prepare it for deglutition and digestion.
2. To ruminate in the thoughts to meditate as, to chew revenge.
3. To champ to bite, hold or roll about in the mouth as, to chew tobacco.
4. To taste, without swallowing.
CHEW, To champ upon to ruminate.
Old politicians chew on wisdom past.
CHEW, n. That which is chewed that which is held in the mouth at once a cud.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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