Digest

di-iest', v. To arrange methodically; work over and cla ify to prepare in the stomach for conversion into "blood, turn intc chyme, — said of food; to think over, reflect upon; to bear with patience. (Chem.) To soften by heat and moisture, (iferf.) To suppurate, —v. To undergo digestion; be prepared by heat, suppurate. [L. digerere, -gestum, to separate, di olve, dis and gerere, to bear, wear.] — Di'gest, n. Thing digested; esp. that which worked over, cla ified, and arranged compendium abridgment pandect; a collection of Roman laws. [L. digestum.]— Digest'er, n. One who digests; thing that aids digestion; a closed ve el, for di olving bones, etc., by exposure to a high temperature. — Digestible, -I-bl, a. Capable of being, etc. — Digestlblene , -ibillty, n. Quality of being, etc. — Digeslion, -chun, n. Act of digesting; cla ification; conversion of food into chyme; preparation by heat and moisture; gradual solution; production of pus.— Digestive, -iv, a. Causing, used for, or pert, to digestion.