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digest, (DIGH jest) (noun)
A collection of condensed information, a summary, or a synopsis; an abstract, a brief, an epitome: When Olive was in the hospital, she found reading a digest of novels was easier than reading the entire book.
digest, (di JEST) (verb)
1. To condense a piece of writing by briefly summarizing or abridging its contents: As a student assistant, Lorene's job was to digest the text of the research article into a summary for publication.
2. To break down food; especially, in the mouth, stomach, and intestines with special juices and bacteria into a form which can be absorbed by the body: After dinner, William likes to go for a walk because he finds that it seems to help him to digest his food.
2. To break down food; especially, in the mouth, stomach, and intestines with special juices and bacteria into a form which can be absorbed by the body: After dinner, William likes to go for a walk because he finds that it seems to help him to digest his food.
In order for Tricia to digest the meaning of the digest of information provided to her by the internet, she needs to discuss the concepts with her colleagues; after which, she will be able to prepare a digest of the ideas to present to her students.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Greek: digestion, able to digest; cook; from "to cook, boil, digest")
(Greek: choledochos, from chole, "bile" + dechomai, "to receive"; the common bile duct or tube; conveying bile; containing bile, which is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and passes through the common bile duct into the first section of the small intestine or duodenum where it helps to digest fat)
(Latin: to cook, to boil; to prepare; to digest)
(Latin: to cook, to prepare food, to ripen, to digest, to turn over in the mind)
Word Entries containing the term:
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Reader's Digest of Man; The Last Two Million Years
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.; Pleasantville, New York; 1973; page 64.
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Bibliography of Sources of Information about Professional-Egyptian Scribe Stories
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Readers Digest Joy of Nature
How to Observe and Appreciate the Great Outdoors; The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.; Pleasantville, New York / Montreal, Canada; 1977.
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Bibliography of Sources Regarding Habitat and Dwelling Environments
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(a few words from the Reader's Digest, March, 1932)
(a few words from the Reader's Digest, July, 1940)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term:
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Reader's Digest Family Word Finder
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.; Pleasantville, New York; 1975.
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Sources of Information; Words in Action
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