digest

(dī-jĕst', dĭ-)

v., -gest·ed, -gest·ing, -gests.

v.tr.

1. Physiology. 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.
2. To think over so as to understand; absorb or assimilate.
3. 1. To organize into a systematic arrangement, usually by summarizing or classifying.
   2. To condense or abridge (a written work).
4. Chemistry. To soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.

v.intr.

1. Physiology.
   1. To become assimilated into the body.
   2. To assimilate food substances.
2. Chemistry. To undergo exposure to heat, liquids, or chemical agents.

n. (dī'jĕst')

1. A collection of previously published material, such as articles, essays, or reports, usually in edited or condensed form.
2. Law. A systematic arrangement of statutes or court decisions.
3. A periodical containing literary abridgments or other condensed works.
4. Digest See pandect (sense 3).

[Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgerere, dīgest-, to separate, arrange : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + gerere, to carry. N., from Latin dīgesta, neuter pl. of dīgestus.]

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is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun (meaning 'a summary') and with stress on the second syllable as a verb (meaning 'to absorb (food) in the body').

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(1) A compilation of all the traffic on a news group or mailing list. Digests can be daily or weekly.

(2) Any compilation or summary.

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verb

To take in and incorporate, especially mentally: absorb, assimilate, imbibe, take up. Informal soak (up). See accept/reject.

n

Definition: abridgement of something written
Antonyms: unabridgment

v

Definition: come to understand
Antonyms: misunderstand

v

Definition: make shorter; abridge
Antonyms: detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen

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A collection or compilation that embodies the chief matter of numerous books, articles, court decisions, and so on, disposed under proper heads or titles, and usually by an alphabetical arrangement, for facility in reference.

An index to reported cases, providing brief statements of court holdings or facts of cases, which is arranged by subject and subdivided by jurisdiction and courts.

As a legal term, digest is to be distinguished from abridgment. The latter is a summary of the contents of a single work, in which, as a rule, the original order or sequence of parts is preserved, and in which the principal labor of the compiler is in the matter of consolidation. A digest is wider in its scope, is made up of quotations or paraphrased passages, and has its own system of classification and arrangement. An index merely points out the places where particular matters may be found, without purporting to give such matters in extenso. A treatise or commentary is not a compilation, but an original composition, though it may include quotations and excerpts.

IN BRIEF: To break down food in the stomach and intestines so that it can be used by the body.

Small babies cannot digest solid food.

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1. to subject material to enzymic or chemical breakdown.
2. to subject food to digestion (def. 1).
3. to break down nitrogenous compounds by hot sulfuric acid to convert them to ammonium salts.
4. to treat biological materials with powerful oxidants to facilitate determination of trace elements present.
5. the mixture of compounds obtained from the enzymic or chemical degradation of a macromolecule or other substance.

—digester n. an apparatus that facilitates digestion procedures.

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The proportion of a feed or diet which can be digested by the normal animal of the subject species.

• d. coefficient — see digestibility coefficient.

For a list of words related to digest, see:

• Eating Verbs - digest: alter food by action of body chemicals into form that can be absorbed by body
• Publications - digest: condensation or abridgment of material
• Learning and Memory - digest: assimilate information; arrange methodically in the mind

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fordøje, forstå, opløse, sammenfatte, kodificere, strukturere, ordne
v. intr. - opløses i maven
n. - lovsamling, tidsskrift med oversigtsartikler

Nederlands (Dutch)
verteren, verwerken, opnemen (informatie/ kennis), overzicht van publicaties, opsomming, samenvatting

Français (French)
v. tr. - digérer, assimiler
v. intr. - digérer
n. - résumé, sommaire, digest (un magazine), (Jur) digest

Deutsch (German)
v. - verdauen, verarbeiten
n. - Zusammenfassung, Abriß

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (για τροφή) χωνεύω/-ομαι, αφομοιώνω/-ομαι, επεξεργάζομαι, ταξινομώ, συνοψίζω, συντομεύω
n. - επιτομή, σύνοψη, εκλογή, πανδέκτης

Italiano (Italian)
digerire, compendio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - digerir, sintetizar
n. - resumo (m)

Русский (Russian)
переваривать, усваивать, кратко пересказывать, краткое изложение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - digerir, meditar, obtener información, ordenar metódicamente, tolerar, resumir
v. intr. - digerir
n. - resumen, digesto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smälta, smälta maten, tänka igenom
n. - sammandrag, (lag)samling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
消化, 融会贯通, 摘要, 文摘

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 消化, 融會貫通
v. intr. - 消化
n. - 摘要, 文摘

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 골똘히 생각하다, 소화시키다, 간단히 하다
v. intr. - 소화되다
n. - 요약, 집대성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 要約
v. - 消化する, 理解する, 要約する, 会得する, 耐える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهضم الطعام, ينهضم, يستوعب ( عقليا) وبشكل كلي (الاسم) موجز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עיכל, הבין‬
v. intr. - ‮התעכל, הובן‬
n. - ‮תלקיט, תקציר, תמצית‬

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