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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.
EXPANDto bear with patience; endure.
6.
to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.
7.
to condense, abridge, or summarize.
8.
COLLAPSEChemistry. to soften or disintegrate (a substance) by means of moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.
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Digesting
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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
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
Related forms
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
EXPANDre·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
4. understand; study, ponder. 6. systematize, codify. 11. epitome, abridgment. See summary.
4. understand; study, ponder. 6. systematize, codify. 11. epitome, abridgment. See summary.
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digest di·gest (dī-jěst', dĭ-)
v. di·gest·ed, di·gest·ing, di·gests
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.
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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