单词 | predigested |
释义 | predigestedadj. 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. App. 334 Because you may sometimes not have the leisure to wait six Weeks for the Preparation of Blood..I think it not amiss..That though without any previous Preparation of Blood you should immediately distil it, provided an orderly gradation of heat be carefully observed, it will yield you a reddish Spirit, and..a volatile Salt; which..are so little inferiour..to the Salt and Spirit of predigested Blood, that 'tis very probable their Efficacy will emulate, though not altogether equal that of the more laboriously prepared. b. Of food: having undergone digestion prior to ingestion. Of organic matter: treated with enzymes prior to another treatment or process. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > treated to aid digestion peptonized1876 predigested1880 zyminized1888 pancreatizing1897 1880 Lancet 15 May 754/1 Administration of food in a predigested state. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses viii. 172 Young termites, soldiers, and queens..are fed by the workers with predigested cellulose (stomodeal food), regurgitated by the workers. 1995 BBC Good Food Aug. 34/2 Honey is high in pre-digested sugar, so it provides a quick, easily assimilated boost of energy. 2000 Biofactors 12 147 To induce oral tolerance in multiple sclerosis treatment, we proposed to use the predigested protein of pig spinal cord. 2. figurative. That has been abridged, condensed, or summarized, in order to make it easier to understand or assimilate. Also occasionally: that has been considered in advance.rare before 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > digested beforehand predigested1727 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective] > digested beforehand predigested1727 1727 D. Lewis Philip of Macedon ii. ii. 16 'Tis but with Boldness to assert in Publick What I had fram'd in Private to have spoke; And haply with my predigested Speech..I may confound Our more than human Speaker. 1903 Elem. School Teacher 3 517 The storing up of predigested facts to be fed out a little later to the growing minds of children. 1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 17 July (1928) II. 229 What a relief it is to turn away from these little pre-digested books written by authors who have nothing to say! 1975 Country Life 18 Dec. 1734/1 As early as 1789 Thomas Pitt, a Worcester chorister, published his pre-digested Messiah—ten anthems. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Apr. 50/1 The coming of the tabloid newspapers..and the advent of predigested books and magazines hardly offered much hope for terrible honesty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1663 |
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