Digest
Abridged article collection
Digest has meanings connected by the idea of breaking down and processing.
To digest food is to break it down for absorption.
To digest information is to absorb and understand it: Give me time to digest the news.
A digest is a condensed summary—information broken down to essentials: a weekly news digest, Reader's Digest.
In law, a digest compiles and organizes legal materials.
Take in fully
- understandGrasp the meaning
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- processSteps toward a result
- graspSeize or understand
internalize · take in · comprehend · make sense of · learn · synthesize · integrate · interpret
Steps toward a result
- acceptConsent to receive
- come to termsAccept or reach agreement
- copeHandle difficulties adequately
- deal withManage or address
absorb · handle · work through · reconcile · adjust · sit with · reflect on · internalize
Condensed account of essentials
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- condensedMade more compact
abridged · collection · periodical · roundup · newsletter · bulletin · recap · highlights
Digestive organ below chest
- intestineDigestive tract organ
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
metabolism · absorption · gut · tract · bile · acids · food · chyme
Make more compact
- abridgeShorten by omission
- shortenReduce in extent
- compressReduce volume by force
- distillPurify through vaporization
summarize · encapsulate · boil down · reduce · consolidate · simplify · streamline · truncate
absorb
Take in fully
- understandGrasp the meaning
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- processSteps toward a result
grasp · internalize · take in · comprehend · make sense of · learn · synthesize · integrate · interpret · analyze
process
Steps toward a result
- acceptConsent to receive
- come to termsAccept or reach agreement
- copeHandle difficulties adequately
deal with · absorb · handle · work through · reconcile · adjust · sit with · reflect on · internalize · grapple
summary
Condensed account of essentials
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
condensed · abridged · collection · periodical · roundup · newsletter · bulletin · recap · highlights · curated
stomach
Digestive organ below chest
nutrients · metabolism · absorption · gut · tract · bile · acids · food · chyme · pepsin
condense
Make more compact
distill · summarize · encapsulate · boil down · reduce · consolidate · simplify · streamline · truncate · abbreviate
- Byzantine EmpireConstantinople, Byzantine Empire, Anatolia, Thrace, Theodora
- Latin LiteratureCicero, Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Caesar
- ancient lawsCode of Hammurabi, Hammurabi, Roman law, Twelve Tables, Ten Commandments
- legal historylegal history, medieval law, Roman law, Roman jurisprudence, common law
- Roman LawRoman law, Corpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code, Twelve Tables, Paul
- Byzantine LawCorpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code
Digestunabridged edition
Text with nothing removed
unabridged · complete works · full text · uncut version · complete edition
- digestive tractInternal food processing passage
- digestive systemOrgans processing ingested food
- digestive biscuitSlightly sweet wheat cookie
- digestive enzymesFood-processing biological catalysts
- daily digestRecurring summary of news
- readers digestMagazine of abridged articles
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