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   Di·gest

   verb

   • 1. break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body. Similar break downdissolveassimilateabsorbtake intake up
   • ▪ understand or assimilate (new information or the significance of something) by a period of reflection. Similar assimilateabsorbtake inunderstandcomprehendgraspmasterlearnfamiliarize oneself withconsiderthink aboutcontemplatemull overchew overweigh upreflect onpondermeditate onstudyinformal:getget the hang ofpick upget clued up aboutget the point of
   • ▪ arrange (something) in a systematic or convenient order, especially by reduction: "the computer digested your labors into a form understandable by a program" Similar classifycatalogtabulatecodifyarrangeorderdisposesystematizemethodizecondensecompresscompacttelescopesummarizeprecisabstractrare:epitomize
   • ▪ treat (a substance) with heat, enzymes, or a solvent in order to decompose it or extract essential components.

   noun

   • 1. a compilation or summary of material or information: "a digest of their findings"
   • ▪ a periodical consisting of condensed versions of pieces of writing or news published elsewhere.
   • ▪ a methodical summary of a body of laws.
   • ▪ the compendium of Roman law compiled in the reign of Justinian.
   • 2. a substance or mixture obtained by digestion: "a digest of cloned DNA"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin digest- ‘distributed, dissolved, digested’, from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’; the noun from Latin digesta ‘matters methodically arranged’, from digestus ‘divided’, from digerere.

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