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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIGEST, n. [L., put in order.]
1. A collection or body of Roman laws, digested or arranged under proper titles by order of the Emperor Justinian. A pandect.
2. Any collection, compilation, abridgment or summary of laws, disposed under proper heads or titles; as the digest of Comyns.
DIGEST, v.t. L., to distribute, or to dissolve; to bear, carry, or wear.]
1. To distribute into suitable classes, or under proper heads or titles; to arrange in convenient order; to dispose in due method; as, to digest the Roman laws or the common law.
2. To arrange methodically in the mind; to form with due arrangement of parts; as, to digest a plan or scheme.
3. To separate or dissolve in the stomach, as food; to reduce to minute parts fit to enter the lacteals and circulate; to concoct; to covert into chyme.
4. In chemistry, to soften and prepare by heat; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
5. To bear with patience; to brook; to receive without resentment; not to reject; as, say what you will, he will digest it.
6. To prepare in the mind; to dispose in a manner that shall improve the understanding and heart; to prepare for nourishing practical duties; as, to digest a discourse or sermon.
7. To dispose an ulcer or wound to suppurate.
8. To dissolve and prepare for manure, as plants and other substances.
DIGEST, v.i.
1. To be prepared by heat.
2. To suppurate; to generate laudable pus; as an ulcer or wound.
3. To dissolve and be prepared for manure, as substances in compost.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a periodical that summarizes the news
2: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) [syn: compilation, digest] v
1: convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"
2: arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"
3: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
4: become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours"
5: systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code"
6: soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
7: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate]
8: soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, systematic arrangement of laws, from Latin digesta, from neuter plural of digestus, past participle of digerere to arrange, distribute, digest, from dis- + gerere to carry Date: 14th century 1. a summation or condensation of a body of information: as a. a systematic compilation of legal rules, statutes, or decisions b. a periodical devoted to condensed versions of previously published articles 2. a product of digestion II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin digestus Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to distribute or arrange systematically ; classify 2. to convert (food) into absorbable form 3. to take into the mind or memory; especially to assimilate mentally 4. a. to soften, decompose, or break down by heat and moisture or chemical action <DNA digested by restriction enzymes> b. to extract soluble ingredients from by warming with a liquid 5. to compress into a short summary 6. absorb 1 <the capacity of the United States to digest immigrants> intransitive verb 1. to digest food 2. to become digested <foods that digest easily>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 assimilate (food) in the stomach and bowels. 2 understand and assimilate mentally. 3 Chem. treat (a substance) with heat, enzymes, or a solvent in order to decompose it, extract the essence, etc. 4 a reduce to a systematic or convenient form; classify; summarize. b think over; arrange in the mind. --n. 1 a a methodical summary esp. of a body of laws. b (the Digest) the compendium of Roman law compiled in the reign of Justinian (6th c. AD). 2 a regular or occasional synopsis of current literature or news. Derivatives: digester n. digestible adj. digestibility n. Etymology: ME f. L digerere digest- distribute, dissolve, digest (as DI-(2), gerere carry)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Digest Di*gest", v. t. [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, wear. See Jest.] 1. 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. Joining them together and digesting them into order. --Blair. We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. --Shak. 2. (Physiol.) 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. 3. 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. Feelingly digest the words you speak in prayer. --Sir H. Sidney. How shall this bosom multiplied digest The senate's courtesy? --Shak. 4. To appropriate for strengthening and comfort. Grant that we may in such wise hear them [the Scriptures], read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them. --Book of Common Prayer. 5. Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook. I never can digest the loss of most of Origin's works. --Coleridge. 6. (Chem.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations. 7. (Med.) To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound. 8. To ripen; to mature. [Obs.] Well-digested fruits. --Jer. Taylor. 9. To quiet or abate, as anger or grief.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Digest Di*gest", v. i. 1. To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill. 2. (Med.) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Digest Di"gest, n. [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; esp. (Law), A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest. A complete digest of Hindu and Mahommedan laws after the model of Justinian's celebrated Pandects. --Sir W. Jones. They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. --Burke.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(digested) 1. When food digests or when you digest it, it passes through your body to your stomach. Your stomach removes the substances that your body needs and gets rid of the rest. Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest... She couldn't digest food properly... Nutrients from the digested food can be absorbed into the blood. VERB: V, V n, V-ed 2. If you digest information, you think about it carefully so that you understand it. They learn well but seem to need time to digest information... VERB: V n 3. If you digest some unpleasant news, you think about it until you are able to accept it and know how to deal with it. All this has upset me. I need time to digest it all. VERB: V n 4. A digest is a collection of pieces of writing. They are published together in a shorter form than they were originally published. ...the Middle East Economic Digest. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Pandect. 2. Code, system. 3. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, epitome, summary, synopsis, conspectus, breviary, brief, sum and substance. II. v. a. 1. Methodize, systematize, arrange, codify, classify, dispose, reduce to order. 2. Concoct, convert into chyme. 3. Study, ponder, consider, contemplate, reflect upon, think on, meditate upon, con over, revolve in the mind. 4. Appropriate completely (in the mind), make one's own, assimilate, master. 5. (Chem.) Soften by a gentle heat, macerate, steep, soak.

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