to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
to promote the digestion of (food).
to obtain information, ideas, or principles from; assimilate mentally: to digest a pamphlet on nuclear waste.
to arrange methodically in the mind; think over: to digest a plan.
to bear with patience; endure.
to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.
to condense, abridge, or summarize.
Chemistry. to soften or disintegrate (a substance) by means of moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.
verb (used without object)
to digest food.
to undergo digestion, as food.
noun
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
Law.
a systematic abstract of some body of law.
the Digest,a collection in fifty books of excerpts, especially from the writings of the Classical Roman jurists, compiled by order of Justinian in the 6th century a.d.; the Pandects.
Biochemistry. the product of the action of an enzyme on food or other organic material.
Origin of digest
First recorded in 1350–1400; (verb) Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus “separated, dissolved” (past participle of dīgerere), equivalent to dī-di-2 + ges- “carry, bear” (base of gerere) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun) Middle English: “collection of laws,” from Late Latin dīgesta (plural), Latin: “collection of writings,” neuter plural of dīgestus, as above
If you want to deal with a bunch of content at once, there’s Mailbrew, a smart digest service that covers a whole range of sources including email newsletters, Twitter, Reddit, and Google News.
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Beyond speeding up the reading process, you can use digest tools to get edited highlights, and speed through documents, books, emails, and websites faster than before.
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Compared with tough chunks of tissue torn from adult starfish, very little genetic material from these easier-to-digest tidbits would probably make it through a fish’s gut.
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Warfighting, its authors freely admitted, was essentially On War in digest form.
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Before you invoke images of a nation enjoying more indolence than industry, there is an uncomfortable statistic to digest.
Food intolerance occurs when your body is unable to digest a certain component of a food, such as the protein called gluten.
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Foods, wines are categorized as “digest” or “pas digest,” as in easy or difficult to digest.
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The French have an adjective that the English language lacks—“digest.”
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These are two precisely contrary statements for him to digest at his leisure, before he can understand how the earth moves.
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The farmer or the fisherman can digest, even thrive upon, food which would be deadly for a woman working in a factory.
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Indeed, a most useful code might be formed from a digest of borough enactments.
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The king then invited him to sup with us, and I am sure that during the whole repast I was the hardest morsel he had to digest.
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We treat law as a fine art, and relish and digest a good distinction.
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British Dictionary definitions for digest (1 of 2)
digest
verb (dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-)
to subject (food) to a process of digestion
(tr)to assimilate mentally
chemto soften or disintegrate or be softened or disintegrated by the action of heat, moisture, or chemicals; decompose
(tr)to arrange in a methodical or systematic order; classify
(tr)to reduce to a summary
(tr)archaicto tolerate
noun (ˈdaɪdʒɛst)
a comprehensive and systematic compilation of information or material, often condensed
a magazine, periodical, etc, that summarizes news of current events
a compilation of rules of law based on decided cases
Word Origin for digest
C14: from Late Latin dīgesta writings grouped under various heads, from Latin dīgerere to divide, from di- apart + gerere to bear
British Dictionary definitions for digest (2 of 2)
Digest
/ (ˈdaɪdʒɛst) /
noun
Roman lawan arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad
To convert food into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body, as by chemical and muscular action in the alimentary canal.
To soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.