Etymology: (1350–1400; (v.) ME < L dīgestus, ptp. of dīgerere to disperse =dī-di -2+gerere to carry; (n.) ME: collection of laws < L dīgesta, neut. pl. of dīgestus)
2. (verb)compilation, digest something that is compiled (as into a singlebook or file)
3. (verb)digest convertfood into absorbable substances "I cannot digest milk products"
4. (verb)digest arrange and integrate in the mind "I cannot digest all this information"
5. (verb)digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
6. (verb)digest become assimilated into the body "Protein digests in a few hours"
7. (verb)digest systematize, as by classifying and summarizing "the government digested the entire law into a code"
8. (verb)digest soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
9. (verb)digest, condense, concentrate makemore concise "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
10. (verb)digest soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
1. (verb)digest to absorb food into your body Allow time to digest before exercising.; problems digesting his food
2. digest to take in and understand information It took him some time to digest the news.
Definition of 'Digest'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)Digest to distribute or arrange methodically; to workover and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc
2. (verb)Digest 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
3. (verb)Digest to thinkover 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
7. (verb)Digest to dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound
8. (verb)Digest to ripen; to mature
9. (verb)Digest to quiet or abate, as anger or grief
10. (verb)Digest to undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill
11. (verb)Digest to suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer
12. (verb)Digest that which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles
13. (verb)Digest a compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest
Definitions of Digest 
Afrikaans: verteer
Arabic: يَهْضُم
Bulgarian: смилам
Brazilian: digerir
Czech: strávit
German: verdauen
Danish: fordøje
Greek: χωνεύω
Spanish: digerir
Estonian: seedima
Farsi: هضم کردن
Finnish: sulattaa
French: digérer
Hebrew: לְעַכֵּל
Hindi: पचाना
Croatian: probaviti
Hungarian: megemészt (ételt)
Indonesian: mencernakan
Icelandic: melta
Italian: digerire
Japanese: 消化する
Korean: 소화하다
Lithuanian: virškinti
Latvian: sagremot
Malay: hadam
Dutch: verteren
Norwegian: fordøye
Polish: trawić
Persian: هضم کردن
Pashto: هضمول
Portuguese: digerir
Romanian: a digera
Russian: переваривать
Slovak: stráviť
Slovenian: prebaviti
Serbian: svariti
Swedish: smälta
Thai: ย่อยอาหาร
Turkish: sindirmek
Taiwanese: 消化
Ukrainian: перетравлювати
Urdu: ہضم کرنا
Vietnamese: tiêu hóa
Chinese: 消化
