v. t.
Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Feelingly digest the words you speak in prayer. Sir H. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
How shall this bosom multiplied digest
The senate's courtesy? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grant that we may in such wise hear them [ the Scriptures ], read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I never can digest the loss of most of Origin's works. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
Well-digested fruits. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. [ L. digestum, pl. digesta, neut., fr. digestus, p. p.: cf. F. digeste. See Digest, v. t. ] That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles; esp. (Law), 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;
A complete digest of Hindu and Mahommedan laws after the model of Justinian's celebrated Pandects. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]
They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great digester. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being digestible. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. digestible, L. digestibilis. ] Capable of being digested. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being digestible; digestibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. digestion, L. digestio. ]
n.
That digestive [ a cigar ] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]