digest
verb (used with object)
to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
well-digested
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a word derived from
digest.
Example Sentences
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A collection of the most important and well-digested papers in a yearly volume, is more in accordance with the dignity and usefulness of a national association.
From Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
To own the truth, I expected some well-digested lie; but he merely said that he had promised secrecy on that subject, and must therefore be excused from giving me any information.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
Steam is what makes the wheels go round, and steam is well-digested fuel and a place to put it.
From The Man In The High-Water Boots by Francis Hopkinson Smith
By the appearance of Dr. Bird's work, the student has now all that he can desire in one neat, concise, and well-digested volume.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
The instructions which Don Quixote gave to Sancho Panza, before he went to his government; with other well-digested matter 319 LXXIII.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
