digest
verb (used with object)
to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
had digested
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past perfectof digest.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Berti said Ali could get back on the acquisition trail once it had digested this deal.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2022
Trump stood before the exhibit during a tour of the museum earlier this year but was talking to officials and gave little sign that he had digested its message.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2017
Although there was a short rally immediately after the tests, bank shares went into freefall once the market had digested the gory details.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2012
After they had digested the severe lesson of the American Revolution, they largely abandoned the closed system that had previously characterized their imperial efforts and those of the Spaniards and of other empires.
From Time Magazine Archive
A plan was reported by Mr. Hamilton, 20th January, 1795, which he had digested and prepared on the basis of the actual revenues, for the further support of public credit.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
