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Pronunciation 1
AHD|dī-j�stʹ or dĭ-j�stʹ, IPA|/daɪ�d��st/|/daɪ�d��st/, SAMPA|/daI"dZEst/ or /daI"dZEst/
audio|en-us-digest-verb.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�st|-�st

Verb
rfc-level|Verb at L4+ not in L3 POS section
en-verb

1. transitive To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.

#:to digest laws

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. context|transitive|chemistry To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
4. intransitive To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.

Synonyms
sense|distribute or arrange methodically arrange, sort, sort out
sense|separate food in the alimentary canal
sense|think over and arrange methodically in the mind sort out
sense|chemistry|soften by heat and moisture
sense|undergo digestion

Translations
trans-top|to distribute or arrange methodically
Finnish: järjestellä, luokitella, annostella
trans-mid
Spanish: digerir
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trans-top|to separate food in the alimentary canal
Chinese: ��
Finnish: sulattaa
French: digérer
trans-mid
German: verdauen
Hebrew: �ע�� (le'akel)
Italian: digerire
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trans-top|to think over and arrange methodically in the mind
Finnish: sulattaa
German: verdauen
trans-mid
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trans-top|in chemistry: to soften by heat and moisture
trans-mid
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trans-top|to undergo digestion
Finnish: sulaa
German: verdauung
trans-mid
Hebrew: ��תע�� (lehitakel)
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Pronunciation 2
AHD|dīʹj�st, IPA|/�daɪd��st/, SAMPA|/"daIdZEst/
audio|en-us-digest-noun.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�st|-�st

Noun
en-noun

1. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles
2. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.

#:Comyn's Digest
#:the United States Digest

1. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.

#:Reader's Digest is published monthly.

Usage notes
sense|compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged The term is applied in a general sense to the w:Pandects|Pandects of Justinian, but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics.

Translations
trans-top|that which is digested
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trans-top|compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged
Finnish: tiivistelmä, yhteenveto
Spanish: resumen
trans-mid
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trans-top|magazine of abridged articles
trans-mid
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Category:English heteronyms

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fr:digest
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hu:digest
pl:digest
ru:digest
fi:digest
te:digest
vi:digest
tr:digest
zh:digest

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