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digested

/daɪˈdʒɛstɪd/ /dəˈdʒɛstɪd/

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

Examples :

"to digest laws"

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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.

Examples :

"My body digested the sandwich I ate for lunch. "

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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.

Examples :

"After the long meeting, she needed time to digest all the information before making a decision. "

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To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.

Examples :

"She hasn't digested the news of her transfer to another department yet. "

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To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.

Examples :

"The chemist digested the plant material in a mild acid solution to extract its active compounds. "

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To undergo digestion.

Examples :

"The food I ate for lunch was quickly digested. "

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To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.

Examples :

"The old wound, ignored for days, digested and became painfully infected. "

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To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.

Examples :

"The old wound, left unattended, festered and digested the surrounding tissue, filling it with pus. "

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To ripen; to mature.

Examples :

"The artist allowed the idea for her painting to be digested over several weeks before she started sketching, allowing it to fully mature in her mind. "

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To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief)

Examples :

"It took her a few days to digested her disappointment at not getting the job. "