digestive
(adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; “digestive juices”; “a digestive enzyme”; “digestive ferment”
digestive
(noun) any substance that promotes digestion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)
Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
That causes or promotes digestion.
digestive (plural digestives)
A substance that aids digestion.
(UK, Ireland) A digestive biscuit.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*gest"ive, a. Etym: [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
Definition: Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments. Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson. Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.
– Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.
Di*gest"ive, n.
1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. Chaucer. That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. Blackw. Mag.
2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
