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
Pronunciation : dI-"jest
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. summary, abstract; file containing all of the messages sent in a discussion group or in an Internet mailing list (Computers). break down and absorb (food); be broken down and absorbed (food); consider, assimilate. digest\di*gest"\ , v. i.
2. to undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.
3. (med.) to suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.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. w. jones. they made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the rights of man.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.].
4. 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. we have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested.
5. (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.
6. 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. h. sidney. how shall this bosom multiplied digest the senate's courtesy?.
7. to appropriate for strengthening and comfort. grant that we may in such wise hear them [the scriptures], read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them.
8. hence: to bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook. i never can digest the loss of most of origin's works.
9. (chem.) to soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
10. (med.) to dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.
11. to ripen; to mature. [obs.] well-digested fruits. taylor.
12. to quiet or abate, as anger or grief.
13. 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.
14. To separate 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.
15. 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.
16. To appropriate for strengthening and comfort.
17. Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
18. To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
19. To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.
20. To ripen; to mature.
21. To quiet or abate, as anger or grief.
22. To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.
23. To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
24. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged.
25. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian , 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 periodical that summarizes the news soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code" become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours" arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information" 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" convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products".
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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. a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report etc.
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