digest (old edd. often “disgest”; 1 the oldest sense of the word)
1.
to
arrange
R3 III. i. 200
“ our complots in
some form,”
Troil. Prol. 29, Ham. II. ii.
469 [460] “an excellent play, well d-ed
in the scenes,”
Ant. II. ii. 182.
2.
fig. of the physical
sense of digesting food: (i) to put up with,
swallow, stomach
LLL. V. ii. 290
“ this harsh
indignity,”
Mer.V. III. v. 96; (ii)
to assimilate, amalgamate
All'sW. V. iii. 74
“in whom my house's name
Must be d-ed,”
Lr. I. i. 130
“With my two daughters'
dowers
the third”
; (iii) to get rid of, dispose of
H5 II. Chor. 31
“well The abuse of
distance”
; to disperse, dissipate
1H6 IV. i. 167
“ Your angry choler
on your enemies”
; (iv) to comprehend, understand Cor. I. i. 156, III. i. 130.
