digestiveadj.n.

/dɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

/dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s dis-.

Etymology: < French digestif -ive (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dīgestīvus , < dīgest- participial stem of dīgerĕre to digest v.: see -ive suffix.

A. adj.

a. Having the function of digesting food; engaged in or pertaining to digestion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective]

digerent1477

digestive?1533

concoct1534

concoctive1578

concocting1620

digestible1651

peptic1651

digestative1657

concoquent1684

digestic1797

peptical1831

alimentive1835

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cci The sayd vegetable [the soul] hath in her foure vertues..the atractyue, or appetityue, the retentyue, the digestyue, and expulsiue.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. vi. 16 The vertue digestiue whereby it concocteth and disgesteth.

1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 253 To..raise the digestive Powers to their natural Standard.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 23 Resting on a couch, until the digestive organs have recovered the fatigue.

1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) v. 121 The digestive cavity..is exceedingly short.

b. in reference to plants.

ΚΠ

1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xiii. 301 Experiments..on the digestive power of Drosera.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 100 According to this digestive function these organs may be termed Digestive glands.

a. Promoting or aiding digestion; digestible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > digestible > promoting digestion

digestive1528

dilative1528

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Q ij Through the digestiue heate of the night.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes ci, in Wks. I. 789 Digestiue cheese, and fruit there sure will bee.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at May blossom As to the medicinal Vertues of this Plant; it..is digestive.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 99 These waters are very light and digestive, and..good to create an appetite.

1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 327 Digestive salt, Syn. with Chloride of Potassium.

1881 Times 18 May 6/1 The most digestive and nutritious bread.

b. spec. Designating a type of wholemeal biscuit. Also elliptical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits

dorcake14..

cracknelc1440

hard breada1500

crackling1598

Naples biscuit1650

gingerbread man1686

chocolate biscuit1702

biscotin1723

sponge biscuit1736

maple biscuita1753

butter biscuit1758

nut1775

Oliver biscuit1786

funeral biscuit1790

rock biscuit?1790

ratafia1801

finger biscuit1812

Savoy drop1816

lady's finger1818

snap1819

Abernethy1830

pretzel1831

wine-biscuit1834

gingersnap1838

captain's biscuit1843

lebkuchen1847

simnel1854

sugar cookie1854

peppernut1862

McClellan pie1863

Savoy ring1866

Brown George1867

beaten biscuit1876

digestive1876

Osborne1876

Bath Oliver1878

marie1878

boer biscuit1882

charcoal biscuit1885

biscotti1886

fairing1888

snickerdoodle1889

pfeffernuss1891

zwieback1894

Nice1895

Garibaldi biscuit1896

Oswegoc1900

squashed fly1900

amaretto1905

boerebeskuit1905

Romary1905

petit beurre1906

Oswego biscuit1907

soetkoekie1910

Oreo1912

custard cream1916

Anzac1923

sweet biscuit1929

langue de chat1931

Bourbon biscuit1932

Afghan1934

flapjack1935

Florentine1936

chocolate chip cookie1938

choc chip cookie1940

Toll House cookie1940

tuile1943

pizzelle1949

black and white1967

Romany Cream1970

papri1978

1876 Off. Guide Cunard Steamship Co. 158 (advt.) Huntley & Palmers..Digestive Biscuits.

1894 L. Heritage Cassell's New Universal Cookery Bk. 1022 Digestive Biscuits.—Required: a pound of finely-granulated, or..wholemeal [flour], half a pound of white flour [etc.].

1925 St. J. Ervine Anthony & Anna i. 24 Which will you 'ave, sir—the charcoal or the digestive biscuits?

1935 G. Bullett Jury xxiii. 234 I had to open a parcel of grocery to find the right kind of biscuits... Digestives were what she fancied.

1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate ii. ii. 194 A few rather broken digestive biscuits.

1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate ii. ii. 197 Weeks since I tasted digestives, my favourite food, too.

1955 Observer 19 June 7/5 Biscuits long known as digestive are being renamed sweetmeal.

3. Pertaining to or promoting chemical digestion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > relating to or promoting digestion

digesting1581

digestory1617

digestive1651

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋287 Wanting its digestive ferment.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 210 We removed the..receiver, and put it on the digestive furnace.

1799 De Crell in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 63 Applying only a digestive warmth.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. iii. 131 To submit their contents to a digestive heat.

4. Promoting healthy suppuration in a wound or ulcer; as digestive ointment: see B. 2.

†5. Characterized by bearing without resistance or in silence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective]

thildia950

tholemodec1000

tholeburdea1050

tholing1340

patientc1350

unmurmuring1594

digestive1609

bearing1702

plaintless1729

uncomplaining1744

1609 T. Heywood tr. Sallust Hist. Warre of Iugurth iii. 19 in tr. Sallust Two Worthy & Notable Hist. Adherbal was..No souldier; Of a frolicke disposition; Disgistiue of iniuries.

†6. That tends to methodize and reduce to order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > that puts in order > reducing to order

organizing1594

methodizing?a1616

digestive1660

regimental1845

structuring1879

regimentary1901

1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 8 To bus'ness ripened by digestive thought His future rule is into Method brought.

B. n.

1. A medicine or substance promoting digestion of food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > digestibility > substance promoting digestion

digestivec1386

digester1609

digestif1908

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 141 A Day or two ye schul have digestives Of wormes, or ye take your laxatives.

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 14 So I seie of medicyns comfortatyues, digestyues, laxatyues, restriktyues, and alle oþere.

1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 97 Wee leaue our digestiues..and proceede to other medicines.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 230 These Digestives prepare you for your Purge.

1883 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Digestives.

2. A substance which promotes healthy suppuration in a wound or ulcer; digestive ointment (Unguentum terebinthinæ compositum).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine promoting suppuration or maturation

maturativea1398

ruptorya1400

suppurative?a1425

riper?a1450

digestive1543

ripener1585

suppurator1657

suppuratory1657

suppurant1659

maturant1661

rumpent1661

diapyetic1706

1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. ζζ^v/1 In chirurgerie a digestiue is taken for that, that prepareth the matter to mundification.

1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes ii. xi. 91 You shall dresse it with a digestiue vntill it be mundified.

1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xv. 62 I applyed this following digestive with soft plegets upon the incisions.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 240 The Wound requires a strong Digestive.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 136 Linnen cloth, spread with the common Digestive.

1849 C. A. Harris Dict. Dental Sci. & Med. Terminol. 215/1 Digestives, in Surgery, substances, which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promote suppuration.

†3. An agent of chemical digestion. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > agent of

digestive1477

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 62 But our cheefe Digestiue [printed -ure] for our intent, Is virtuall heate of the matter digerent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	digestive
释义	digestiveadj.n. /dɪˈdʒɛstɪv//dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪv/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s dis-. Etymology: < French digestif -ive (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dīgestīvus , < dīgest- participial stem of dīgerĕre to digest v.: see -ive suffix. A. adj. 1. a. Having the function of digesting food; engaged in or pertaining to digestion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] digerent1477 digestive?1533 concoct1534 concoctive1578 concocting1620 digestible1651 peptic1651 digestative1657 concoquent1684 digestic1797 peptical1831 alimentive1835 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cci The sayd vegetable [the soul] hath in her foure vertues..the atractyue, or appetityue, the retentyue, the digestyue, and expulsiue. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. vi. 16 The vertue digestiue whereby it concocteth and disgesteth. 1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 253 To..raise the digestive Powers to their natural Standard. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 23 Resting on a couch, until the digestive organs have recovered the fatigue. 1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) v. 121 The digestive cavity..is exceedingly short. b. in reference to plants. ΚΠ 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xiii. 301 Experiments..on the digestive power of Drosera. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 100 According to this digestive function these organs may be termed Digestive glands. 2. a. Promoting or aiding digestion; digestible. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > digestible > promoting digestion digestive1528 dilative1528 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Q ij Through the digestiue heate of the night. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes ci, in Wks. I. 789 Digestiue cheese, and fruit there sure will bee. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at May blossom As to the medicinal Vertues of this Plant; it..is digestive. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 99 These waters are very light and digestive, and..good to create an appetite. 1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 327 Digestive salt, Syn. with Chloride of Potassium. 1881 Times 18 May 6/1 The most digestive and nutritious bread. b. spec. Designating a type of wholemeal biscuit. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits dorcake14.. cracknelc1440 hard breada1500 crackling1598 Naples biscuit1650 gingerbread man1686 chocolate biscuit1702 biscotin1723 sponge biscuit1736 maple biscuita1753 butter biscuit1758 nut1775 Oliver biscuit1786 funeral biscuit1790 rock biscuit?1790 ratafia1801 finger biscuit1812 Savoy drop1816 lady's finger1818 snap1819 Abernethy1830 pretzel1831 wine-biscuit1834 gingersnap1838 captain's biscuit1843 lebkuchen1847 simnel1854 sugar cookie1854 peppernut1862 McClellan pie1863 Savoy ring1866 Brown George1867 beaten biscuit1876 digestive1876 Osborne1876 Bath Oliver1878 marie1878 boer biscuit1882 charcoal biscuit1885 biscotti1886 fairing1888 snickerdoodle1889 pfeffernuss1891 zwieback1894 Nice1895 Garibaldi biscuit1896 Oswegoc1900 squashed fly1900 amaretto1905 boerebeskuit1905 Romary1905 petit beurre1906 Oswego biscuit1907 soetkoekie1910 Oreo1912 custard cream1916 Anzac1923 sweet biscuit1929 langue de chat1931 Bourbon biscuit1932 Afghan1934 flapjack1935 Florentine1936 chocolate chip cookie1938 choc chip cookie1940 Toll House cookie1940 tuile1943 pizzelle1949 black and white1967 Romany Cream1970 papri1978 1876 Off. Guide Cunard Steamship Co. 158 (advt.) Huntley & Palmers..Digestive Biscuits. 1894 L. Heritage Cassell's New Universal Cookery Bk. 1022 Digestive Biscuits.—Required: a pound of finely-granulated, or..wholemeal [flour], half a pound of white flour [etc.]. 1925 St. J. Ervine Anthony & Anna i. 24 Which will you 'ave, sir—the charcoal or the digestive biscuits? 1935 G. Bullett Jury xxiii. 234 I had to open a parcel of grocery to find the right kind of biscuits... Digestives were what she fancied. 1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate ii. ii. 194 A few rather broken digestive biscuits. 1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate ii. ii. 197 Weeks since I tasted digestives, my favourite food, too. 1955 Observer 19 June 7/5 Biscuits long known as digestive are being renamed sweetmeal. 3. Pertaining to or promoting chemical digestion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > relating to or promoting digestion digesting1581 digestory1617 digestive1651 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋287 Wanting its digestive ferment. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 210 We removed the..receiver, and put it on the digestive furnace. 1799 De Crell in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 63 Applying only a digestive warmth. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. iii. 131 To submit their contents to a digestive heat. 4. Promoting healthy suppuration in a wound or ulcer; as digestive ointment: see B. 2. †5. Characterized by bearing without resistance or in silence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] thildia950 tholemodec1000 tholeburdea1050 tholing1340 patientc1350 unmurmuring1594 digestive1609 bearing1702 plaintless1729 uncomplaining1744 1609 T. Heywood tr. Sallust Hist. Warre of Iugurth iii. 19 in tr. Sallust Two Worthy & Notable Hist. Adherbal was..No souldier; Of a frolicke disposition; Disgistiue of iniuries. †6. That tends to methodize and reduce to order. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > that puts in order > reducing to order organizing1594 methodizing?a1616 digestive1660 regimental1845 structuring1879 regimentary1901 1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 8 To bus'ness ripened by digestive thought His future rule is into Method brought. B. n. 1. A medicine or substance promoting digestion of food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > digestibility > substance promoting digestion digestivec1386 digester1609 digestif1908 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 141 A Day or two ye schul have digestives Of wormes, or ye take your laxatives. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 14 So I seie of medicyns comfortatyues, digestyues, laxatyues, restriktyues, and alle oþere. 1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 97 Wee leaue our digestiues..and proceede to other medicines. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 230 These Digestives prepare you for your Purge. 1883 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Digestives. 2. A substance which promotes healthy suppuration in a wound or ulcer; digestive ointment (Unguentum terebinthinæ compositum). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine promoting suppuration or maturation maturativea1398 ruptorya1400 suppurative?a1425 riper?a1450 digestive1543 ripener1585 suppurator1657 suppuratory1657 suppurant1659 maturant1661 rumpent1661 diapyetic1706 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. ζζ^v/1 In chirurgerie a digestiue is taken for that, that prepareth the matter to mundification. 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes ii. xi. 91 You shall dresse it with a digestiue vntill it be mundified. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xv. 62 I applyed this following digestive with soft plegets upon the incisions. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 240 The Wound requires a strong Digestive. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 136 Linnen cloth, spread with the common Digestive. 1849 C. A. Harris Dict. Dental Sci. & Med. Terminol. 215/1 Digestives, in Surgery, substances, which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promote suppuration. †3. An agent of chemical digestion. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > agent of digestive1477 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 62 But our cheefe Digestiue [printed -ure] for our intent, Is virtuall heate of the matter digerent. 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