[dɪˈdʒɛst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body

- understand or assimilate (information) by a period of reflection
(e.g: Leonora digested this piece of news with mixed feelings)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin digest- ‘distributed, dissolved, digested’, from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’; the noun from Latin digesta ‘matters methodically arranged’, from digestus ‘divided’, from digerere

[ˈdʌɪdʒɛst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a compilation or summary of material or information
(e.g: a digest of their findings)

- a substance or mixture obtained by digestion
(e.g: a digest of cloned DNA)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin digest- ‘distributed, dissolved, digested’, from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’; the noun from Latin digesta ‘matters methodically arranged’, from digestus ‘divided’, from digerere