verb , noun
■ verb / daɪˈdʒest; NAmE ; dɪ-/
1.
when you digest food, or it digests , it is changed into substances that your body can use :
[ vn ]
Humans cannot digest plants such as grass.
[ v ]
You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to digest.
2.
[ vn ] to think about sth so that you fully understand it :
He paused, waiting for her to digest the information.
■ noun
/ˈdaɪdʒest/ a short report containing the most important facts of a longer report or piece of writing; a collection of short reports :
a monthly news digest
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin digest- distributed, dissolved, digested, from the verb digerere , from di- apart + gerere carry; the noun from Latin digesta matters methodically arranged, from digestus divided, from digerere .