To divide; separate.To analyze and distribute into suitable classes, or under proper heads or titles, usually with condensation, so as to state results in concise form; arrange in convenient order; dispose methodically.To draw up in order; arrange.To arrange methodically in the mind; think out with due arrangement of parts; ponder; settle in one's mind: as, to digest a plan or scheme.To prepare for assimilation, as food, by the physiological process of digestion: applied also by extension to the action of certain insectivorous plants.Hence —To assimilate mentally; obtain mental nourishment or improvement from by thorough comprehension: as, to digest a book or a discourse.To bear with patience or with an effort; brook; receive without resentment; put up with; endure: as, to digest an insult.In chem., to soften and prepare by heat; expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for operations.To dissolve and prepare for manure, as plants and other substances. 10. In medicine, to dispose to suppurate, as an ulcer or a wound.—To mature; ripen.SynonymsTo classify, codify, systematize, methodize, reduce to order.To study out, meditate, ponder, work upon.To carry on the physiological process of digestion.To undergo digestion, as food.To be prepared by heat.To suppurate; generate pus, as an ulcer or a wound.To dissolve and be prepared for manure, as substances in compost.n. A collection, compilation, abridgment, or summary of literary, legal, scientific, or historical matter, arranged in some convenient order.n. Specifically [capitalized] The collection or body of Roman laws prepared by order of the emperor Justinian. See pandect.n. In law, a compilation of concise statements, summaries, or analyses of statutes or of reported cases, or of both, arranged in alphabetical order of subjects, usually with analytic subdivisions, so as to form a systematic compend of the authorities represented in the collection.n. Synonyms Compendium, Compend, etc. See abridgment.