Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - digest
Digest
digest
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 assimilate (food) in the stomach and bowels. 2 understand and assimilate mentally. 3 Chem. treat (a substance) with heat, enzymes, or a solvent in order to decompose it, extract the essence, etc. 4 a reduce to a systematic or convenient form; classify; summarize. b think over; arrange in the mind. --n. 1 a a methodical summary esp. of a body of laws. b (the Digest) the compendium of Roman law compiled in the reign of Justinian (6th c. AD). 2 a regular or occasional synopsis of current literature or news. Derivatives digester n. digestible adj. digestibility n. Etymology: ME f. L digerere digest- distribute, dissolve, digest (as DI-(2), gerere carry)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, systematic arrangement of laws, from Latin ~a, from neuter plural of ~us, past participle of digerere to arrange, distribute, ~, from dis+ gerere to carry Date: 14th century a summation or condensation of a body of information: as, a systematic compilation of legal rules, statutes, or decisions, a periodical devoted to condensed versions of previously published articles, a product of ~ion, II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us Date: 14th century transitive verb to distribute or arrange systematically ; classify, to convert (food) into absorbable form, to take into the mind or memory, 4. to soften, decompose, or break down by heat and moisture or chemical action , to extract soluble ingredients from by warming with a liquid, to compress into a short summary, absorb 1 , intransitive verb to ~ food, to become ~ed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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