DIGEST

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, systematic arrangement of laws, from Latin ~a, from neuter plural of ~us, past participle of digerere to arrange, distribute, ~, from dis- + gerere to carry Date: 14th century a summation or condensation of a body of information: as, a systematic compilation of legal rules, statutes, or decisions, a periodical devoted to condensed versions of previously published articles, a product of ~ion, II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us Date: 14th century transitive verb to distribute or arrange systematically ; classify , to convert (food) into absorbable form, to take into the mind or memory, 4. to soften, decompose, or break down by heat and moisture or chemical action , to extract soluble ingredients from by warming with a liquid, to compress into a short summary, absorb 1 , intransitive verb to ~ food, to become ~ed