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Word: Digest
Speech Type: Verb
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
dʌɪˈdʒɛst
dɪˈdʒɛst
break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.
Short Definition:break down food in stomach etc.
understand or assimilate (information) by a period of reflection
Short Definition:understand or assimilate information
Examples:- Leonora digested this piece of news with mixed feelings
Word: Digest
Speech Type: Noun
ˈdʌɪdʒɛst
a compilation or summary of material or information
Short Definition:compilation or summary of information
Examples:- a digest of their findings
a substance or mixture obtained by digestion
Short Definition:substance obtained by digestion
Examples:- a digest of cloned DNA
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