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digest

[ verb dih-jest, dahy-; noun dahy-jest ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
to promote the digestion of (food).
to obtain information, ideas, or principles from; assimilate mentally:
to digest a pamphlet on nuclear waste.
to arrange methodically in the mind; think over:
to digest a plan.
Synonyms: ponder, study, understand
to bear with patience; endure.
to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.
Synonyms: codify, systematize
to condense, abridge, or summarize.
Chemistry. to soften or disintegrate (a substance) by means of moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.

verb (used without object)

to digest food.
to undergo digestion, as food.

noun

a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
Synonyms: abridgment, epitome
Law.
1. a systematic abstract of some body of law.
2. the Digest, a collection in fifty books of excerpts, especially from the writings of the Classical Roman jurists, compiled by order of Justinian in the 6th century a.d.; the Pandects.
Biochemistry. the product of the action of an enzyme on food or other organic material.

digest

verb

to subject (food) to a process of digestion
tr to assimilate mentally
chem to soften or disintegrate or be softened or disintegrated by the action of heat, moisture, or chemicals; decompose
tr to arrange in a methodical or systematic order; classify
tr to reduce to a summary
archaic.
tr to tolerate

noun

a comprehensive and systematic compilation of information or material, often condensed
a magazine, periodical, etc, that summarizes news of current events
a compilation of rules of law based on decided cases

Digest

/ ˈdaɪdʒɛst /

noun

Roman law an arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad

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Other Words From

di·gested·ly adverb
di·gested·ness noun
half-di·gested adjective
nondi·gesting adjective
over·di·gest verb
redi·gest verb (used with object)
semi·di·gested adjective
undi·gested adjective
undi·gesting adjective
well-di·gested adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of digest¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; (verb) Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus “separated, dissolved” (past participle of dīgerere ), equivalent to dī- di- ² + ges- “carry, bear” (base of gerere ) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun) Middle English: “collection of laws,” from Late Latin dīgesta (plural), Latin: “collection of writings,” neuter plural of dīgestus, as above

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Word History and Origins

Origin of digest¹

C14: from Late Latin dīgesta writings grouped under various heads, from Latin dīgerere to divide, from di- apart + gerere to bear

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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

It’s crucial to eat early and often and make sure you’re getting quick-hitting, easy-to-digest fuel, usually in the form of sugary snacks.

From Outside Online

What follows is a digest of notes concerning the recent earnings results from Box, Sprout Social, Yext, Snowflake and Salesforce.

From TechCrunch

If you want an overview of just the numbers, Natasha and I wrote a digest here.

From TechCrunch

Beyond speeding up the reading process, you can use digest tools to get edited highlights, and speed through documents, books, emails, and websites faster than before.

From Popular-Science

If you want to deal with a bunch of content at once, there’s Mailbrew, a smart digest service that covers a whole range of sources including email newsletters, Twitter, Reddit, and Google News.

From Popular-Science

Warfighting, its authors freely admitted, was essentially On War in digest form.

From The Daily Beast

It is this kind of abortion narrative that is easiest for people to digest, and there are many cases like this.

From The Daily Beast

Before you invoke images of a nation enjoying more indolence than industry, there is an uncomfortable statistic to digest.

From The Daily Beast

Other volunteers brought Southern Living, Outdoor Photographer, People, Golf Digest, and even a New Yorker.

From The Daily Beast

Food intolerance occurs when your body is unable to digest a certain component of a food, such as the protein called gluten.

From The Daily Beast

We are trying to digest the riffraff of the world, and can't do it, in spite of such incorrigible optimists as Judge Leslie.

From Project Gutenberg

Unlike those feathered Romans of the Decadence, we moderns settle for one meal at a sitting, and let it digest in peace.

From Project Gutenberg

No doubt, it is possible to thoroughly digest all the requisite material, and then present it in a perfect, beautiful form.

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Of deeper interest was the act appointing a committee to make a digest of the laws, that they may be putt in print.

From Project Gutenberg

He paused to digest this impossibility, then chattered briskly on.

From Project Gutenberg

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What does inventory mean?

An inventory is a complete list of all merchandise or stock of items owned by or available from a business.

At a store, an inventory is the complete list of all items for sale at the store. At a manufacturer, an inventory is a complete list of all the raw materials they have, as well as finished items and items being created.

An inventory is also the specific set of products to sell, as in The store’s inventory of superhero capes is running low and will probably sell out soon.

An inventory can also refer to figurative belongings, such as a person’s personality traits and skills.

To inventory means to add things to an inventory list, whether a literal or figurative list, as in I inventoried my options for colleges and chose the school I’ll attend next year.

Example: Can you take inventory tonight so we can be ready for the rush tomorrow?

Where does inventory come from?

The first records of the term inventory come from around the 1300s. It ultimately comes from the Medieval Latin inventōrium.

You’ve probably seen inventory used in computer gaming, where your inventory is the place where you can keep track of the materials you’ve collected while playing the game. Often, the inventory holds items that you use to enhance your performance, build or craft something, or customize your character. The first video game to have an inventory system was “The Oregon Trail” in 1971, which tasked players with traveling from Missouri to Oregon in an 1800s wagon caravan, picking up food, tools, rope, and the like to add to their inventory along the way.

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What are some other forms related to inventory?

inventoriable (adjective)
inventorial (adjective)
inventorially (adverb)
overinventoried (adjective)
preinventory (noun)

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How is inventory used in real life?

Inventory is mostly used in a business context.

Just tried to buy the remaining Holiday Spice inventory from the @starbucks next to my house but there was barely any left… 😭😭😭

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) December 30, 2015

Some girl just asked me if I worked at the dollar store because my cart was filled with Christmas stuff like I was doing inventory. 💁

— Nicole Polizzi (@snooki) November 16, 2014

Finally got to see @boburnham's @eighthgrademov. A shame more movies are not like this. Authentic, full of heart, gut-wrenching, hopeful, relatable and very importantly an inventory check on life and life around you. Was both brought back to a time and reminded of these times.

— Sal Vulcano (@SalVulcano) August 23, 2018

Try using inventory!

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for inventory?

A. debt
B. supply
C. reserve
D. backlog

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