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in⋅gest

  [in-jest]
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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.
Origin:
1610–20; < L ingestus ptp. of ingerere to throw or pour into. See in- 2 , gest

Related forms:
in⋅gest⋅i⋅ble, adjective
in⋅ges⋅tion, noun
in⋅ges⋅tive, adjective
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in·gest   (ĭn-jěst')   
tr.v.   in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests

  1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat.

  2. To take in and absorb as food: "Marine ciliates ... can be observed ... ingesting other single-celled creatures and harvesting their chloroplasts" (Carol Kaesuk Yoon).


[Latin ingerere, ingest- : in-, in; see in-2 + gerere, to carry.]
in·gest'i·ble adj., in·ges'tion n., in·ges'tive adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·gest
Pronunciation: in-'jest
Function: transitive verb
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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