digest

  • 31digest — v. & n. v.tr. 1 assimilate (food) in the stomach and bowels. 2 understand and assimilate mentally. 3 Chem. treat (a substance) with heat, enzymes, or a solvent in order to decompose it, extract the essence, etc. 4 a reduce to a systematic or… …

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  • 32digest — di|gest1 [ daı dʒest ] verb transitive * 1. ) when your stomach digests food, it changes it into the substances that your body needs: Cheese can be difficult to digest. 2. ) to understand information when there is a lot of it or it is difficult… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33Digest — English Learner s Digest. ДАЙДЖЕСТ для тих, хто вивчає англійську. Индекс: 30673. Додаток до газети: Бібліотечка для тих, хто вивчає англійську (Індекс: 74072). ISSN 1605 2455. E mail: mailto:digest@society.kiev.ua (Есть подозрение, что здесь… …

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  • 34digest — 1 verb (T) 1 to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use: Most babies can digest a wide range of food easily. compare ingest 2 to understand new information, especially when there is a lot of it or it is… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35digest — di•gest v. [[t]dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ [/t]] n. [[t]ˈdaɪ dʒɛst[/t]] v. t. 1) phl to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into a form that can be assimilated by the body 2) phl to promote the digestion of (food) 3) to obtain ideas or meaning from;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36digest — 1. (di jest′, di )To soften by moisture and heat. 2. (di jest′, di )To hydrolyze or break up into simpler chemical compounds by means of hydrolyzing enzymes or chemical action, as in the action of the secretions of the alimentary tract upon food …

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  • 37digest — Synonyms and related words: Code Napoleon, Napoleonic code, abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abide, ablate, abrege, abridge, abridgement, abridgment, absorb, abstract, accept, adsorb, alphabetize, analyze, appreciate, apprehend,… …

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  • 38Digest — Di|gest [ daidʒɛst] der od. das; [s], s <aus engl. digest »Auszug, Auswahl«, dies aus lat. digesta »geordnete Sammlung« zu digerere, vgl. ↑digerieren>: a) bes. in den angelsächs. Ländern übliche Art von Zeitschriften, die Auszüge aus… …

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  • 39Digest —    A compendium of previous legal opinions, also called the Pandects, published in 533 as part of the Corpus Juris Civilis (q.v.), and arguably the most important part of Justinian I s (q.v.) legislative work. Much credit goes to Tribonian (q.v.) …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 40digest — (L). Dissolved; digest …

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