Digest
WordNet
noun
(1) Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
(2) A periodical that summarizes the news
verb
(3) Soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
(4) Make more concise
"Condense the contents of a book into a summary"
(5) Soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
(6) Systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
"The government digested the entire law into a code"
(7) Become assimilated into the body
"Protein digests in a few hours"
(8) Arrange and integrate in the mind
"I cannot digest all this information"
(9) 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"
(10) Convert food into absorbable substances
"I cannot digest milk products"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from , past participle of , from for + , influenced by
Verb
- To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
- to digest laws
- To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
- To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
- To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
- To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.
Etymology 2
From , neuter plural of , past participle of
Noun
- That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles
- A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
- Comyn's Digest
- the United States Digest
- Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.
- Reader's Digest is published monthly.