Part 5756

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<hw>In`di*gest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indigestus</ets> unarranged. See <er>Indigested</er>.]</ety> <def>Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A chaos rude and <i>indigest</i>." <i>W. Browne</i>. "Monsters and things <i>indigest</i>." <i>Shak</i>.

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<hw>In`di*gest"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something indigested.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>In`di*gest"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>digested</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not digested; undigested.</def> "<i>Indigested</i> food."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; <as>as, an <ex>indigested</ex> array of facts</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, and <b>indigested</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This, like an <b>indigested</b> meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.</def>

<h1>Indigestedness</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In`di*gest"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

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<hw>In*di*gest`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.</def>

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<hw>In`di*gest"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indigestibilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>indigestible</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Digest</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; <as>as, an <ex>indigestible</ex> simile</as>.</def>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>In`di*gest"i*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In`di*gest"i*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>In`di*ges"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indigestio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>indigestion</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Digest</er>.]</ety> <def>Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.</def>

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