DISGEST

Etymology

Corruption of digest, influenced by dis- and chest in the mistaken belief that it refers to food moving from the chest to the intestine.

Verb

disgest (third-person singular simple present disgests, present participle disgesting, simple past and past participle disgested)

Obsolete form of digest.

Anagrams

• digests

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*gest", v. t.

Definition: To digest. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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