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digest¹
- /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst/
- /dəˈd͡ʒɛst/
Rhymes with -ɛst
Where it comes from
From Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apart”), from dī- (for dis- (“apart”)) + gerō (“to carry”), influenced by Middle French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both “to melt, to digest,” whence Modern English melt.
verb digests · digesting · digested
- To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application. to digest laws
- 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. In the morning giue them [horses] barley or prouender, a little at a time in diſtinct or ſeueral portions, tvvice or thrice one after another, ſo as he may chevv and eke diſgeſt it thoroughly, othervviſe if he rauen it, as he vvil do hauing much at a time, he rendreth it in his dung vvhole and not d
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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.
Similar: sort out
- To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook. I never can digest the loss of most of Origen's works.
- To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
- To undergo digestion. I just ate an omelette and I'm waiting for it to digest.
- To cut with one or more restriction endonucleases.
- To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer. The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſins.
- To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
- To ripen; to mature. well-digested fruits
- To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief).
digest²
- /ˈdaɪd͡ʒɛst/
- /ˈdaɪd͡ʒəst/
Rhymes with -ɛst
Where it comes from
From Latin dīgesta, neuter plural of dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“separate”).
noun digests
- That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles. By also relating the tales included in the anthology to various facts of that development, he leaves no doubt that this volume constitutes a veritable digest of the remarkable strides made by the genre in recent years.
- A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws. Comyn's Digest
- Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings. Reader's Digest is published monthly.
- The result of applying a hash function to a message.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: compilation, digestive, digester, digestion, assimilate, absorb, swallow, melt, stomach, eat, round, short, condensed, handle, extract, outline
Translations
Every language
verb to separate food in the alimentary canal
| Español | digerir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소화하다 sohwahada |
| 日本語 | 消化する shōka suru |
| 中文 | 消化 xiāohuà |
| हिन्दी | पचाना pacānā |
| Português | digerir |
| Français | digérer |
| Deutsch | verdauen |
| Italiano | digerire |
| Română | a digera |
| Русский | перева́ривать perevárivatʹ, перевари́ть perevarítʹ, усва́ивать usváivatʹ, усво́ить usvóitʹ |
| العربية | هَضَمَ haḍama |
| עברית | עיכל, עִכֵּל ikél |
verb to think over and arrange methodically in the mind
| Español | digerir |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 会得する etoku suru |
| Deutsch | überdenken, verdauen |
| Русский | перева́ривать perevárivatʹ, перевари́ть perevarítʹ, усва́ивать usváivatʹ, усво́ить usvóitʹ |
verb in chemistry: to soften by heat and moisture
| Deutsch | aufschließen |
|---|
verb to undergo digestion
| Español | digerirse |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | पचना pacnā |
| Deutsch | verdaulich sein |
| Română | digera, mistui |
| Русский | перева́риваться perevárivatʹsja, перевари́ться perevarítʹsja, усва́иваться usváivatʹsja, усво́иться usvóitʹsja |
| עברית | הִתְעַכֵּל hit'akél |
noun that which is digested
| Deutsch | Verdaute |
|---|
noun compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged
| Español | resumen |
|---|---|
| Português | compêndio |
| Français | digeste |
| Ελληνικά | επιτομή epitomí |
| Русский | сбо́рник sbórnik |
noun magazine of abridged articles
| 한국어 | 다이제스트 daijeseuteu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ダイジェスト daijesuto |
| 中文 | 文摘 wénzhāi |
| Français | revue de presse, revue |
| Deutsch | Digest |
| Русский | да́йджест dájdžest, обзо́р obzór, обзо́р пре́ссы obzór préssy, обзо́р литерату́ры obzór literatúry |
noun cryptography: the result of applying a hash function to a message
| Português | resumo |
|---|
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title = {digest},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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