ingest

The definition of ingest is to consume or absorb food or information.

(verb)

When you eat a cookie, this is an example of when you ingest the cookie.
When you read a book and learn the information, this is an example of when you ingest the information.

See ingest in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to take (food, drugs, etc.) into the body, as by swallowing, inhaling, or absorbing

Origin: < L ingestus, pp. of ingerere, to carry, put into < in-, into + gerere, to carry

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See ingest in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests

To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat.
To take in and absorb as food: “Marine ciliates … can be observed … ingesting other single-celled creatures and harvesting their chloroplasts” (Carol Kaesuk Yoon).

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Origin: Latin ingerere, ingest-

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + gerere, to carry

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