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    di·gest
    verb[dəˈjest, dīˈjest]
    digest (verb) · digests (third person present) · digested (past tense) · digested (past participle) · digesting (present participle)
    1. break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.
      • understand or assimilate (new information or the significance of something) by a period of reflection.
      • arrange (something) in a systematic or convenient order, especially by reduction:
        "the computer digested your labors into a form understandable by a program"
      • chemistry
        treat (a substance) with heat, enzymes, or a solvent in order to decompose it or extract essential components.
    noun[ˈdīˌjest]
    digest (noun) · digests (plural noun) · the Digest (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 Digest)
        the compendium of Roman law compiled in the reign of Justinian.
    2. chemistry
      a substance or mixture obtained by digestion:
      "a digest of cloned DNA"
    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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    verb
    1. break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.
      break down
      dissolve
      assimilate
      absorb
      take in
      take up
    noun
    1. a compilation or summary of material or information:
      list
      chart
      diagram
      figure
      graph
      plan
      catalog
      inventory
      enumeration
      tabulation
      index
      directory
      register
      itemization
      record
      graphic
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