digest

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: dī-jĕstʹ, də-jĕstʹ, IPA(key): /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst/, /dəˈd͡ʒɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst ==== Verb ==== digest (third-person singular simple present digests, present participle digesting, simple past and past participle digested) (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application. (transitive) 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. (transitive) 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 bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations. (intransitive) To undergo digestion. (biochemistry, transitive, of DNA molecules) To cut with one or more restriction endonucleases. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief). ===== Synonyms ===== (distribute or arrange methodically): arrange, sort, sort out (separate food in the alimentary canal): (think over and arrange methodically in the mind): sort out (chemistry, soften by heat and moisture): (undergo digestion): ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin dīgesta, neuter plural of dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“separate”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: dīʹjĕst, dīʹjəst, IPA(key): /ˈdaɪd͡ʒɛst/, /ˈdaɪd͡ʒəst/ Rhymes: -ɛst ==== Noun ==== digest (plural digests) 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. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message. ===== Usage notes ===== (compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged): The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian, but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics. ===== Translations ===== === References === “digest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “digest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === gisted, tidges == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English digest === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /di.ʒɛst/ === Noun === digest m (plural digests) digest (collection of articles) === Further reading === “digest”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dīgestus. === Adjective === digest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular digeste) digested == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English digest. === Noun === digest n (plural digesturi) digest (publication) ==== Declension ====