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digested, ppl. a.|dɪˈdʒɛstɪd, daɪ-|
[f. digest v. + -ed.]
1. Disposed in or reduced to order.
1598Florio, Digesto, digested, disgiested..disposed..ordred. 1622Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer (1661) 36 David's Psalms which are digested forms of Prayers. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. x. (1743) 438 The college has..a well digested library. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 381 A most absurd, ill-digested scheme. 1836Emerson Nat., Prospects Wks. (Bohn) II. 170 We learn to prefer imperfect theories..which contain glimpses of truth, to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion.
2. Disposed, conditioned.
1607Tourneur Rev. Trag. in Dodsley O. Pl. IV. 309 Conjuring me..To seek some strange digested fellow forth Of ill contented nature. 1672Sir T. Browne Lett. Friend §27 To live at the rate of the old world..may afford no better digested death than a more moderate period.
3. Of food: That has undergone the process of digestion. Usually in comb. as well-digested, half-digested, etc.
1611Cotgr., Digeré, disgested, concocted, digested. 1878W. R. McNab Bot. iv. (1883) 96 The digested matter is..absorbed.
4. Matured, ripe.
1657Jer. Taylor Disc. Friendship (Trench), Splendid fires, aromatic spices, rich wines, and well-digested fruits. a1734Wodrow Analecta II. 305 The most digested and distinct Master of the Scriptures that ever I met with. 1812Chalmers Let. in Life (1851) I. 302 A more complete and digested acquaintance with the objects of my study. 1861Emerson Soc. & Solit., Old Age Wks. (Bohn) III. 135 What to the youth is only a guess or a hope, is in the veteran a digested statute.
†5. Concocted, condensed. Obs.
1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 292 From which coagulated or digested moisture winds are usually generated. |