INGEST


Meaning of INGEST in English

ə̇nˈjėst transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin ingestus, past participle of ingerere to carry in, press upon, from in- in- (II) + gerere to bear, wage, cherish — more at cast

1. : to take in for digestion (as into the stomach)

2. : to take in : swallow , absorb

for a country of forty-seven million, ingesting twelve million visitors … is a big swallow — Robert Shaplen

trying to ingest the ideas of philosophers

Synonyms: see eat

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