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verb
To digest food in advance of eating it
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To preprocess in order to deliver the most important parts in a simplified form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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verb
digest (food) beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: digest
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English digest English predigest From pre- + digest.
Across languages
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