digestedadj.
/dɪˈdʒɛstɪd//dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪd/ 1. Disposed in or reduced to order.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > reduced to order
digesta1398
methodizeda1586
digested1598
reduct1641
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Digesto, digested, disgiested..disposed..ordred.
1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 36 David's Psalms which are digested forms of Prayers.
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. iii. x. 438 The college has..a well digested library.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 381 A most absurd, ill-digested scheme.
1836 R. W. Emerson Prospects in Nature in Wks. (1906) 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.
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective] > having specific disposition
hearteda1200
cheeredc1225
entechedc1374
tempered1390
disposedc1430
conditioneda1450
mindedc1487
conceited?1536
inclined1543
natured1552
humoured1566
mettled1576
digested1607
complexioned1643
dispositioned1646
complexionated1650
constitutioned1711
complexionate1750
temperamented-
1607 Tourneur Rev. Trag. in Dodsley O. Pl. IV. 309 Conjuring me..To seek some strange digested fellow forth Of ill contented nature.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 9 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 n.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] > digested
digesta1398
concoct1534
decoct1541
well-digesteda1594
digested1611
concocted1647
subacted1822
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Digeré, disgested, concocted, digested.
1880 W. R. McNab Bot.: Outl. Morphol. & Physiol. iv. 96 The digested matter is then absorbed.
4. Matured, ripe.Recorded earliest in well-digested adj. 5.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > mature or matured
digesta1398
ripea1398
fledge1398
concoct1534
seasoned1545
well-seasoned1545
ripened1561
seeded1567
fledged1579
thorough-seasoned1605
matured1626
well-matured1626
advanced1646
concocted1647
digested1657
well-digested1657
predigested1663
maturated1698
drop-ripe1724
well-developed1769
mellowed1798
fully-fledged1906
1657 [see well-digested adj. 5].
a1734 R. Wodrow Analecta II. 305 The most digested and distinct Master of the Scriptures that ever I met with.
1812 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) I. 302 A more complete and digested acquaintance with the objects of my study.
1861 R. W. Emerson Old Age in Society & Solitude in Wks. (1906) III. 135 What to the youth is only a guess or a hope, is in the veteran a digested statute.
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1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 292 From which coagulated or digested moisture winds are usually generated.
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Of sewage, manure, or compost: at an advanced stage of bacterial decomposition, when the microbial content is significantly reduced. Earliest in well-digested.
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1885 A. S. Welch Rep. Organization & Managem. Seven Agric. Schools vii. 84 It must be enriched by spreading and harrowing in fifteen cart-loads of well-digested manure to the acre.
1912 K. Allen & R. Allen tr. F. G. Spillner in A. Elsner et al. Sewage Sludge ii. 160 The more concentrated septic sludge, and the thick-flowing digested sludge of Emscher tanks..do not pass through the filtering layers.
1940 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. Mar. 391 The origin of crude oil from anaerobically digested sludge.
2013 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 21 June 34 Each 250kw digester will produce biogas from digested manures, slurries and grass and maize silage.
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