digest

[ verb dih-jest, dahy-; noun dahy-jest ]

/ verb dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-; noun ˈdaɪ dʒɛst /

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verb (used with object)

to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.

to promote the digestion of (food).

to obtain information, ideas, or principles from; assimilate mentally: to digest a pamphlet on nuclear waste.

to arrange methodically in the mind; think over: to digest a plan.

to bear with patience; endure.

to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.

to condense, abridge, or summarize.

Chemistry. to soften or disintegrate (a substance) by means of moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.

verb (used without object)

to digest food.

to undergo digestion, as food.

noun

a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.

Law.

a systematic abstract of some body of law.
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.

Biochemistry. the product of the action of an enzyme on food or other organic material.

SYNONYMS FOR digest

4 understand; study, ponder.

6 systematize, codify.

11 epitome, abridgment.

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Origin of digest

First recorded in 1350–1400; (verb) Middle English digesten, from 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,” from Late Latin dīgesta (plural), Latin: “collection of writings,” neuter plural of dīgestus, as above

synonym study for digest

11. See summary.

OTHER WORDS FROM digest

di·gest·ed·ly, adverbdi·gest·ed·ness, nounhalf-di·gest·ed, adjectivenon·di·gest·ing, adjective

o·ver·di·gest, verbre·di·gest, verb (used with object)sem·i·di·gest·ed, adjectiveun·di·gest·ed, adjectiveun·di·gest·ing, adjectivewell-di·gest·ed, adjective

Words nearby digest

dig down, Digenea, digenesis, digenetic, digerati, digest, digestant, digester, digestible, digestif, digestion

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Example sentences from the Web for digest

If you want an overview of just the numbers, Natasha and I wrote a digest here.
What is Roblox worth?|Alex Wilhelm|November 20, 2020|TechCrunch
Beyond speeding up the reading process, you can use digest tools to get edited highlights, and speed through documents, books, emails, and websites faster than before.
Read, watch, and listen to things faster than ever before|David Nield|September 9, 2020|Popular Science
If you want to deal with a bunch of content at once, there’s Mailbrew, a smart digest service that covers a whole range of sources including email newsletters, Twitter, Reddit, and Google News.
Read, watch, and listen to things faster than ever before|David Nield|September 9, 2020|Popular Science
Compared with tough chunks of tissue torn from adult starfish, very little genetic material from these easier-to-digest tidbits would probably make it through a fish’s gut.
Fish poop exposes what eats the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish|Jake Buehler|June 8, 2020|Science News

Warfighting, its authors freely admitted, was essentially On War in digest form.
How Clausewitz Invented Modern War|James A. Warren|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is this kind of abortion narrative that is easiest for people to digest, and there are many cases like this.
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Before you invoke images of a nation enjoying more indolence than industry, there is an uncomfortable statistic to digest.
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Other volunteers brought Southern Living, Outdoor Photographer, People, Golf Digest, and even a New Yorker.
How I’ll End the War: Making Collage Art With Afghan Students|Nick Willard|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Food intolerance occurs when your body is unable to digest a certain component of a food, such as the protein called gluten.
10 Reasons You’re Exhausted and What to Do About It|DailyBurn|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are trying to digest the riffraff of the world, and can't do it, in spite of such incorrigible optimists as Judge Leslie.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Unlike those feathered Romans of the Decadence, we moderns settle for one meal at a sitting, and let it digest in peace.
The Great Potlatch Riots|Allen Kim Lang
No doubt, it is possible to thoroughly digest all the requisite material, and then present it in a perfect, beautiful form.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
Of deeper interest was the act appointing a committee to make a digest of the laws, that they may be putt in print.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
He paused to digest this impossibility, then chattered briskly on.
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British Dictionary definitions for digest (1 of 2)

digest

verb (dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-)

to subject (food) to a process of digestion

(tr) to assimilate mentally

chem to soften or disintegrate or be softened or disintegrated by the action of heat, moisture, or chemicals; decompose

(tr) to arrange in a methodical or systematic order; classify

(tr) to reduce to a summary

(tr) archaic to tolerate

noun (ˈdaɪdʒɛst)

a comprehensive and systematic compilation of information or material, often condensed

a magazine, periodical, etc, that summarizes news of current events

a compilation of rules of law based on decided cases

Word Origin for digest

C14: from Late Latin dīgesta writings grouped under various heads, from Latin dīgerere to divide, from di- apart + gerere to bear

British Dictionary definitions for digest (2 of 2)

Digest

/ (ˈdaɪdʒɛst) /

noun

Roman law an arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad

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digest

[ dī-jĕst′, dĭ- ]

v.

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.

Other words from digest

di•gest′i•bil′i•ty n.di•gest′i•ble adj.

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verb (dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-)

noun (ˈdaɪdʒɛst)

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