Antonyms for digest

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : verb dih-jest, dahy-; noun dahy-jest

Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-; noun ˈdaɪ dʒɛst

Definition of digest

Origin : "collection of writing," late 14c., from Latin digesta, from neuter plural of digestus, literally "digested thing," noun use of past participle of digerere "to separate, divide, arrange," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + gerere "to carry" (see gest).

noun abridgement of something written
verb assimilate food
verb make shorter; abridge
verb come to understand
verb tolerate, endure

Example sentences :

As to their clients, that is another thing; God knows they have much to digest!
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

Well, great masters, if you swallow me, you may not digest me.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

O, worshippers of heavy incapacity, take and digest it if you can.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

It cannot digest itself; it cannot of its own accord turn into bone and muscle and blood.
Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey

A pint a day was his daily ration, the only nourishment he could digest.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

I can say the same of the Roman laws, contained in the Digest.
Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

He remained for a long while watching, watching, and striving to digest the signs he beheld.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

But you need also partly to dissolve the food to have it digest well.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

But hunger will whet his appetite for anything that his bowels can digest.
Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck

There was a good deal to sign and a good deal to digest, and a good deal that was of no importance whatsoever.
Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay

Synonyms for digest

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