digest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English digesten, from Latin digestus, past participle of dīgero (“‘carry apart’”), influenced by Middle French digestion

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: dī-jĕstʹ or dĭ-jĕstʹ, IPA: /daɪˈdʒɛst/, /daɪˈdʒɛst/, SAMPA: /daI"dZEst/, /daI"dZEst/
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• Rhymes: -ɛst

[edit] Verb

to digest (third-person singular simple present digests, present participle digesting, simple past and past participle digested)

1. (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.

   to digest laws

2. (transitive) 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. (transitive) 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.
4. (transitive, chemistry) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
5. (intransitive) To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.

[edit] Synonyms

• (distribute or arrange methodically): arrange, sort, sort out
• (separate food in the alimentary canal):
• (think over and arrange methodically in the mind): sort out
• (chemistry, soften by heat and moisture):
• (undergo digestion):

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin digesta, neuter plural of digestus, past participle of digero (“‘separate’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: dīʹjĕst, IPA: /ˈdaɪdʒɛst/, SAMPA: /"daIdZEst/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɛst

[edit] Noun

digest (plural digests)

1. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles
2. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.

   Comyn's Digest

   the United States Digest

3. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.

   Reader's Digest is published monthly.

[edit] Usage notes

• (compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged): 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.

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