Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To digest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To digest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Obsolete form of digest.

Etymologies

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Corruption of digest, influenced by dis- and chest in the mistaken belief that it refers to food moving from the chest to the intestine.

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Examples

  • It's quite poetic, and that, among other scenes had to be cut for time constraints, and 'would it make sense to the general movie going audience', which I think is terribly sad that a first time Director/screenwriter and Actor would have to pander to Hollywood's common denominator of 'easy to disgest' Silver Screen films.

    I talked to God in a phonebox on my way home Minzo 2005

  • "Me hope you like you dinner, gentlemen; and will disgest him," he continued.

    A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

  • I haue set you downe one or two examples to try how ye can disgest the maner of the deuise.

    The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

  • Whiche distresse was so difficulte for Alerane to disgest, as he was like

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Thus your Lordship seeth how I comfort myself; to the increase whereof I would fain please myself to believe that to be true which my Lord Treasurer writeth; which is, that it is more than a philosopher morally can disgest.

    Bacon John Morley 1852

  • At the age of 5 weeks, kittens can easily eat and disgest dry food, soaked or not.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2010

  • I've known this much all along: I prefer to take my time, to ponder stakes, to meditate on things, to let them impact me and then to disgest the effects and repercussions.

    The Reaction 2010

  • I've known this much all along: I prefer to take my time, to ponder stakes, to meditate on things, to let them impact me and then to disgest the effects and repercussions.

    Simply Left BehindThe Non-Rapturist's Guide To The Galaxy 2010

  • I've known this much all along: I prefer to take my time, to ponder stakes, to meditate on things, to let them impact me and then to disgest the effects and repercussions.

    The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely 2010

  • I've known this much all along: I prefer to take my time, to ponder stakes, to meditate on things, to let them impact me and then to disgest the effects and repercussions.

    The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely 2010

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