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Digest is defined as breaking down into parts that are easier to use or understand, or to condense information to make it easier to understand.

(verb)

When the food starts to break down in your body and your body absorbs the nutrients, this is an example of digest.
When you are told news and the news starts to sink in and become real to you, this is an example of a time when you digest the news.
When you summarize a twenty chapter book into twenty paragraphs, this is an example of digest.

The definition of a digest is a compilation of information or is a magazine or periodical with summaries of the news or other information.

(noun)

A magazine summarizing several recent news stories is an example of adigest.

See digest in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a condensed but comprehensive account of a body of information; summary or synopsis, as of scientific, legal, or literary material
a book, periodical, etc. consisting chiefly of such summaries or synopses or of articles condensed from other publications
Rom. Law the Pandects of the Emperor Justinian

Origin: ME < L digesta (in LL, a collection of writings), orig. pl. of digestus, pp. of digerere, to separate, explain < di-, apart + gerere, to bear, carry

transitive verb

1. to arrange or classify systematically, usually in condensed form
2. to condense (a piece of writing) by briefly summarizing its contents
to change (food), esp. in the mouth, stomach, and intestines by the action of gastric and intestinal juices, enzymes, and bacteria, into a form that can be absorbed by the body
to aid the digestion of (food)
to think over and absorb
to soften, disintegrate, etc. by the use of heat, usually together with water or other liquid

Origin: ME digesten < L digestus: see digestthe

intransitive verb

to be digested
to digest food

See digest in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb di·gest·ed, di·gest·ing, di·gests

verb, transitive

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

verb, intransitive

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

noun (dīˈjĕstˌ)

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English digesten

Origin: , from Latin dīgerere, dīgest-, to separate, arrange

Origin: : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis-

Origin: + gerere, to carry

Origin: . N., from Latin dīgesta

Origin: , neuter pl. of dīgestus, past participle of dīgerere, to separate

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