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convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products" put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information" become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours" systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code" soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture a periodical that summarizes the news something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) |
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