predigest

American  

[pree-di-jest, -dahy-] / ˌpri dɪˈdʒɛst, -daɪ- /

verb (used with object)

1. to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.

2. to make simpler or plainer, as for easier understanding.

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predigest British  

/ ˌpriːdaɪˈdʒɛst, -dɪ- /

verb

1. (tr) to treat (food) artificially to aid subsequent digestion in the body

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Other Word Forms

• predigestion noun

Etymology

Origin of predigest

First recorded in 1655–65; pre- + digest

Example Sentences

While the interface is powered by one of the usual top-tier chatbots, the information it is fed has been predigested and enhanced by other AIs in a process called data enrichment.

From The Wall Street Journal

I wasn’t conditioned to expect everything worthwhile to be predigested and readily exploitable.

From Los Angeles Times

To discuss moviegoing primarily in terms of Scorsese and Marvel movies is to traffic in narratives preselected and predigested by social media — so let’s not.

From Los Angeles Times

By pounding and heating foods, he says, they are “predigested” so that our bodies have to expend less energy breaking them down.

From Scientific American

“We do not want to become a place where people come to receive a predigested” version of queer history.

From New York Times