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well(-)diˈgested, ppl. a.
†1. Of good digestion; fig. able to assimilate one's learning. Obs.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii, If they should confidently praise their workes, In them it would appeare inflation: Which in a full, and wel-digested man Cannot receiue that foule abusiue name.
†2. Fully matured or ripened. Obs.
1657Jer. Taylor Disc. Friendship 12 Some have splendid fires, aromatic spices, rich wines, and well digested fruits. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 111 The strong tone of its vessels and its precipitant circulation drive on the juices before well digested, and are apt to throw crudities into the fruit.
3. Carefully and methodically arranged.
1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. xi. 540 The College..has..a well digested Library. 1731Hist. Lit. III. 255 At the end of each Volume [is] a copious well-digested Index. 1748Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §2. 354 Regular and well-digested Accounts of the Phaenomena of the Natural World.
4. Carefully pondered or thought out.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 284 Each man, what⁓ever his peculiar notions be, if he has any serious well⁓digested ones, may find something in them, which [etc.]. 1826Art Brewing (ed. 2) Pref., The well-digested plan which the large brewers have acted upon. 1867A. Barry Sir C. Barry viii. 281 A scheme..which will probably be thought to show well-digested principle. |