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verb (used with object)
1.
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
2.
Aeronautics. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.
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Ingest
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is indulgent. Does it mean:
| characterized by or showing indulgence |
| prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer |
Example Sentences
- The chemicals can leak from the cushions and then babies can inhale or ingest them, or absorb them through their skin.
- Leatherbacks also can die if they ingest floating plastic debris mistaken for their favorite food: jellyfish.
- For more than a month, a local research hospital paid him to ingest an experimental cholesterol drug.
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Word Origin & History
ingest
1617, from L. ingestus, pp. of ingerere "to carry into, put into," from in- "into" + gerere "to carry."
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