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digest

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  1. compendium            
 
1. di.gest \'di--.jest\ n [ME Digest compilation of Roman laws ordered by 
   Justinian, fr. LL Dige]sta, pl., fr. L, collection of writings arranged 
   under headings, fr. neut. pl. of digestus, pp. of digerere to arrange, 
   distribute, digest, fr. dis- + gerere to carry 1: a summation or 
   condensation of a body of information : as  1a: a systematic compilation of 
   legal rules, statutes, or decisions  1b: a literary abridgment  2: a 
   product of digestion 
2. di.gest \di--'jest, d*-\ vb [ME digesten, fr. L digestus] 1: to 
   distribute or arrange systematically : CLASSIFY  2: to think over and 
   arrange systematically in the mind : COMPREHEND)M 3: to convert (food) into 
   absorbable form  4: to appropriate or assimilate mentally  5: to bear 
   patiently : BROOK  6a: to soften or decompose by heat and moisture or 
   chemicals  6b: to extract soluble ingredients from by warming with a liquid 
    7: to compress into a short summary  1: to digest food  2: to become 
   digested