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  • n  a periodical that summarizes the news
  • n  something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
  • v  convert food into absorbable substances
    I cannot digest milk products
  • v  arrange and integrate in the mind
    I cannot digest all this information
  • v  put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  • v  become assimilated into the body
    Protein digests in a few hours
  • v  systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
    the government digested the entire law into a code
  • v  soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
  • v  make more concise
  • v  soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture

  • The Digest has always been careful not to burden its readers with somber or brain-taxing articles.
  • But 3to 4 hours usually suffice to digest the ordinary meal.
  • In the vast majority of cases, the pain means only that the victim cannot digest food properly because he is emotionally upset, and he may have the pain without food.
Quotes

  • Roger Federer in ESPN
    Well, disappointed to a certain degree,Federer answered. "I don't think I played a bad match, so it's easier to go out this way. I thought he came up with some great tennis. It's a touch easier to digest this way."
  • Donald Fehr in al.com
    We learned about this late last night. We had no role of any kind or sort in it,union head Donald Fehr said. "After we digest it, to the extent we have questions and things we want to raise, I'm sure we'll be doing that."
  • Brian Cashman in ESPN
    We're collectively trying to figure out what is best to do,Cashman said. "We don't want to rush into it. We want to digest it."

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