Part 3104

<h1>Digest</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To undergo digestion; <as>as, food <ex>digests</ex> well or ill</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.</def>

<h1>Digest</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di"gest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digestum</ets>, pl. <ets>digesta</ets>, neut., fr. <ets>digestus</ets>, p. p.: cf. F. <ets>digeste</ets>. See <er>Digest</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles</def>; esp. <fld>(Law)</fld>, <def>a compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see <er>Pandect</er>), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; <as>as, Comyn's <ex>Digest</ex>; the United States <ex>Digest</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>A complete <b>digest</b> of Hindu and Mahommedan laws after the model of Justinian's celebrated Pandects. <i>Sir W. Jones.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They made a sort of institute and <b>digest</b> of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Digestedly</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gest"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.</def>

<h1>Digester</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gest"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who digests.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.</def>

<blockquote>Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great <b>digester</b>. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.</def>

<h1>Digestibility</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gest`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being digestible.</def>

<h1>Digestible</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gest"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>digestible</ets>, L. <ets>digestibilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being digested.</def>

<h1>Digestibleness</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gest"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being digestible; digestibility.</def>

<h1>Digestion</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*ges"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>digestion</ets>, L. <ets>digestio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Generation of pus; suppuration.</def>

<h1>Digestive</h1> <Xpage=411>