TO DIGEST
\tə da͡ɪd͡ʒˈɛst], \tə daɪdʒˈɛst], \t_ə d_aɪ_dʒ_ˈɛ_s_t]\
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To distribute into various classes or repositories, to range methodically; to concoct in the stomach; to soften by heat, as in a boiler, a chemical term; to range methodically in the mind; to reduce to any plan, scheme, or method; in chirurgery, to dispose a wound to generate pus in order to a cure.
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To generate matter as a wound.
By Thomas Sheridan
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