digest
[ verb dih-jest, dahy-; noun dahy-jest ]
/ verb dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-; noun ˈdaɪ dʒɛst /
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to digest food.
to undergo digestion, as food.
noun
Origin of digest
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English
digesten < Latin
dīgestus separated, dissolved (past participle of
dīgerere), equivalent to
dī-
di-2 +
ges- carry, bear (base of
gerere) +
-tus past participle suffix; (noun) Middle English: collection of laws < Late Latin
dīgesta (plural), Latin: collection of writings, neuter plural of
dīgestus, as above
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British Dictionary definitions for digest (1 of 2)
digest
verb (dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-)
noun (ˈdaɪdʒɛst)
Word Origin for digest
C14: from Late Latin
dīgesta writings grouped under various heads, from Latin
dīgerere to divide, from
di- apart +
gerere to bear
British Dictionary definitions for digest (2 of 2)
Digest
/ (ˈdaɪdʒɛst) /
noun
Roman law
an arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad
Medical definitions for digest
digest
[ dī-jĕst′, dĭ- ]
v.
To convert food into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body, as by chemical and muscular action in the alimentary canal.
To soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.