Meaning

noun a periodical that summarizes the news

noun something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

verb convert food into absorbable substances

originFrom Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apart”), from dī- (for dis- (“apart”)) + gerō (“to carry”), influenced by Middle French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both “to melt, to digest,” whence Modern English melt.

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