| Digest (digest) |
|---|
| v. t. | (?) |
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| Di*gest" |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Digested] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Digesting.] [L. digestus, p. p. of digerere to
separate, arrange, dissolve, digest] di- = dis- +
gerere to bear, carry, w |
To distribute or arrange methodically; to
work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or
application; as, to digest the laws, etc.
To separate (the food)
in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and
nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive
juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
To think over and arrange methodically in
the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and
consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to
comprehend.
To appropriate for strengthening and
comfort.
Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently;
to be reconciled to; to brook.
To soften by heat and
moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a
preparation for chemical operations.
To dispose to suppurate, or
generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.
To ripen; to mature.
To quiet or abate, as anger or
grief.
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| Digest (digest) |
|---|
| v. i. | (?) |
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| Di*gest" |
|
To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or
ill.
To suppurate; to generate
pus, as an ulcer.
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| Digest (digest) |
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| n. | (?) |
|---|
| Di"gest |
| [L. digestum,
pl. digesta, neut., fr. digestus, p. p.: cf. F.
digeste. See Digest, v. t.] |
That
which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified,
and arranged under proper heads or titles
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