predigestv.
/ˌpriːdʌɪˈdʒɛst/, U.S. /ˌpridaɪˈdʒɛst/, /ˌpridəˈdʒɛst/ 1. transitive. To digest beforehand; spec. to initiate the digestion of (food) before ingestion; to treat (organic matter) with enzymes prior to another treatment or process.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > treat to aid digestion
predigest1886
pancreatize1890
1886 Lancet 5 June 1087/1 The peptonising pellets..will be found useful for predigesting milk.
1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. vi. 227 When, in spite of careful feeding, there is indigestion and fever, the temporary expedient of predigesting the milk must be tried. This is a process of peptonizing the food by the use of pancreatin.
1982 Canad. Jrnl. Fisheries & Aquatic Sci. 39 1573/2 The water mite predigests its food externally by secreting enzymes from an oral gland into the body of the prey.
1999 Jrnl. Sci. Food & Agric. 79 1929 Since E coli does not secrete proteolytic enzymes, it is necessary to predigest proteins to release free lysine or lysine peptides.
2. transitive. figurative. To abridge, condense, or summarize (a text, a body of knowledge, etc.) in order to make it easier to understand or assimilate.
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society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > to digest beforehand
predigest1905
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]
arecchec885
unloukOE
overrunOE
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accountc1300
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enlumine1393
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clearc1440
exponec1440
to lay outc1440
to give (also carry) lightc1449
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eliquidate1596
to take (a person) with one1599
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ravel1604
unbowel1606
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extricate1614
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untanglea1616
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unweave1642
detenebrate1646
dismystery1652
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unparadox1654
reflect1655
enodate1656
unmysterya1661
liquidatea1670
recognize1676
to clear upa1691
to throw sidelight on1726
to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731
eclaircise1754
irradiate1864
unbraid1880
predigest1905
to get (something) straight1920
disambiguate1960
demystify1963
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > prepare for another's use
to chew to1594
predigest1905
1905 Westm. Gaz. 6 May 14/1 Shakespeare..was grappled with before our time, and has been predigested for us.
1940 R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality iv. 114 This paper [sc. The Listener] whose ‘copy’ comes to it predigested from other sources.
1990 Notes & Queries 235 iv. 481/2 One should be grateful to Kerr for predigesting so much of the raw matter of modern Scott criticism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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