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digest (v.)
"assimilate food in bowels," c.1460 (digestion is attested from c.1386), from L. digestus (see digest (n.)).
digest (n.)
- "collection of writing," 1387, from L. digestus, pp. of digerere "to separate, divide, arrange," from dis- "apart" + gerere "to carry."
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