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digested

[v. dih-jest, dahy-; n. dahy-jest] Origin

di·gest

[v. dih-jest, dahy-; n. dahy-jest]
verb (used with object)
1.
to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
2.
to promote the digestion of (food).
3.
to obtain information, ideas, or principles from; assimilate mentally: to digest a pamphlet on nuclear waste.
4.
to arrange methodically in the mind; think over: to digest a plan.
5.
to bear with patience; endure.
EXPAND
6.
to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.
7.
to condense, abridge, or summarize.
8.
Chemistry. to soften or disintegrate (a substance) by means of moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
9.
to digest food.
10.
to undergo digestion, as food.

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Digested is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
noun
11.
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
12.
Law.
a.
a systematic abstract of some body of law.
b.
the Digest, a collection in fifty books of excerpts, especially from the writings of the Classical Roman jurists, compiled by order of Justinian in the 6th century a.d.; the Pandects.
13.
Biochemistry. the product of the action of an enzyme on food or other organic material.

Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English digesten < Latin dīgestus separated, dissolved (past participle of dīgerere), equivalent to dī- di-2 + ges- carry, bear (base of gerere) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun) Middle English: collection of laws < Late Latin dīgesta (plural), Latin: collection of writings, neuter plural of dīgestus, as above

di·gest·ed·ly, adverb
di·gest·ed·ness, noun
half-di·gest·ed, adjective
non·di·gest·ing, adjective
o·ver·di·gest, verb
EXPAND
re·di·gest, verb (used with object)
sem·i·di·gest·ed, adjective
un·di·gest·ed, adjective
un·di·gest·ing, adjective
well-di·gest·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE


4. understand; study, ponder. 6. systematize, codify. 11. epitome, abridgment. See summary.

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digest
"assimilate food in bowels," mid-15c. (digestion is earlier), from L. digestus (see digest (n.)). Related: Digested.
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digest di·gest (dī-jěst', dĭ-)
v. di·gest·ed, di·gest·ing, di·gests

  1. To convert food into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body, as by chemical and muscular action in the alimentary canal.

  2. To soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.


di·gest'i·bil'i·ty n.
di·gest'i·ble adj.

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