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.

to bear with patience; endure.

to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.

to condense, abridge, or summarize.

Chemistry . to soften or disintegrate (a substance) by means of moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.

to digest food.

to undergo digestion, as food.

a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, esp. when classified or condensed.

Law .

a systematic abstract of some body of law.

the Digest, a collection in fifty books of excerpts, esp. 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.

noun

unabridgement

verb

detail , enlarge , expand , lengthen , misunderstand

noun

abstract , aperu , brief , compendium , condensation , epitome , pandect , prcis , rsum , short form , sketch , summary , survey , syllabus , sylloge , synopsis

verb

absorb , chymify , consume , dissolve , eat , incorporate , macerate , swallow , take , abbreviate , abstract , boil down , classify , codify , compress , condense , cut , cut down , cut to bone , decrease , epitomize , get to the meat , inventory , methodize , nutshell , put in a nutshell , reduce , shorten , sum , summarize , summate , sum up , survey , synopsize , systematize , tabulate , trim , analyze , assimilate , consider , contemplate , deliberate , grasp , master , meditate , ponder , study , take in , think about , think over , abide , bear , brook , go , stand , stomach , imbibe , take up , abridge , code , comprehend , conspectus , endure , epitome , organize , pandect , summary , synopsis , tolerate