verb
-gests; -gested; -gesting
to change (food that you have eaten) by a biological process into simpler forms that can be used by the body [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to think over and try to understand (news, information, etc.)
noun
plural -gests
[count] :information or a piece of writing that has been made shorter
Digest is often used in the names of magazines, such as Reader's Digest and Architectural Digest.
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