Definition of digest

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Digest (v. t.) 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..

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Digest :: Digest (v. t.) That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
Redigest :: Redigest (v. t.) To digest, or reduce to form, a second time..
Crude :: Crude (superl.) Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment..
Digestible :: Digestible (a.) Capable of being digested.
Chymification :: Chymification (n.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound..
Elixation :: Elixation (n.) A seething; digestion.
Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.
Assimilation :: Assimilation (n.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals..
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc..
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations..
Predigestion :: Predigestion (n.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.
Digestive :: Digestive (n.) A tonic.
Indigestible :: Indigestible (a.) Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile..
Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
Hemipeptone :: Hemipeptone (n.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
Crudeness :: Crudeness (n.) A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans..
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