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digest

di·gest

UK/ˈdaɪd͡ʒɛst/ US/ˈdaɪd͡ʒəst/ fairly common
verb (8) noun (2)

verb

1.

convert food into absorbable substances

  • “I cannot digest milk products”
2.

arrange and integrate in the mind

  • “I cannot digest all this information”
3.

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

  • “I cannot bear his constant criticism”
  • “The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”
  • “he learned to tolerate the heat”
  • “She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage”
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4.

become assimilated into the body

  • “Protein digests in a few hours”
5.

systematize, as by classifying and summarizing

  • “the government digested the entire law into a code”
6.

soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

7.

make more concise

  • “condense the contents of a book into a summary”
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8.

noun

1.

a periodical that summarizes the news

2.

something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

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Origin

From Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apart”), from dī- (for dis- (“apart”)) + gerō (“to carry”), influenced by Middle French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both “to melt, to digest,” whence Modern English melt.

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