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di⋅ges⋅tive

  [di-jes-tiv, dahy-]
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–adjective
1. serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
2. promoting digestion.
–noun
3. a substance promoting digestion.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF digestif < L dīgestīvus, equiv. to dīgest(us) (see digest ) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
di⋅ges⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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di·ges·tive   (dī-jěs'tĭv, dĭ-)   
adj.  
  1. Relating to or aiding digestion.
  2. Functioning to digest food.
n.  A substance that aids digestion.
di·ges'tive·ly adv., di·ges'tive·ness n.
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Digestive

Di*gest"ive\, a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.

Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. --B. Jonson.

Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.

Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.

Digestive

Di*gest"ive\, n. 1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. --Chaucer.

That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. --Blackw. Mag.

2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. --Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]
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Language Translation for : digestive
Spanish: digestivo,
German: Verdauungs-…,
Japanese: 消化の
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Main Entry: 1di·ges·tive
Pronunciation: -'jes-tiv
Function: noun
1 : something that aids digestion especially of food—compare DIGESTANT
2 : a substance which promotes suppuration

Main Entry: 2digestive
Function: adjective
1 : relating to or functioning in digestion digestive system>
2 : having the power to cause or promote digestion <digestive enzymes> —di·ges·tive·ly adverb —di·ges·tive·ness noun
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digestive di·ges·tive (dī-jěs'tĭv, dĭ-)
adj.
Of or relating to digestion. n.
A digestant.

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