DIGESTING
DIGESTING, participle present tense Arranging in due order, or under proper heads; dissolving and preparing for circulation in the stomach; softening and preparing by heat; disp...
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DIGESTION
DIGESTION, noun [Latin]1. The conversion of food into chyme, or the process of dissolving aliment in the stomach and preparing it for circulation and nourishment. A good digesti...
DIGESTIVE
DIGESTIVE, adjective1. Having the power to cause digestion in the stomach; as a digestive preparation or medicine.2. Capable of softening and preparing by heat.3. Methodizing; r...
DIGESTURE
DIGESTURE, noun Concoction; digestion. [Little used.]
DIGGED
DIGGED, preterit tense and participle passive of dig.
DIGGER
DIGGER, noun One who digs; one who opens, throws up and breaks the earth; one who opens a well, pit, trench or ditch.
DIGHT
DIGHT, verb transitive dite. [Latin] To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Obsolete, or used only in poetry.]
DIGIT
DIGIT, noun [Latin, a finger, that is, a shoot; Gr.]1. The measure of a fingers breadth, or three fourths of an inch.2. The twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; a te...
DIGITAL
DIGITAL, adjective [Latin] Pertaining to the fingers, or to digits.
DIGITATE
DIGITATE, DIGITATED, adjective In botany, a digitate leaf is one which branches into several distinct leaflets like fingers; or when a simple, undivided petiole connects several...
DIGLADIATE
DIGLADIATE, verb transitive [Latin] To fence; to quarrel. [Little used.]
DIGLADIATION
DIGLADIATION, noun A combat with swords; a quarrel.
DIGNIFICATION
DIGNIFICATION, noun [See Dignify.] The act of dignifying; exaltation; promotion.
DIGNIFIED
DIGNIFIED, participle passive [See Dignify.]1. Exalted; honored; invested with dignity; as the dignified clergy.2.adjective Marked with dignity; noble; as dignified conduct, or ...
DIGNIFY
DIGNIFY, verb transitive [Latin, worthy; to make.]1. To invest with honor or dignity; to exalt in rank; to promote; to elevate to a high office.2. To honor; to make illustrious;...
DIGNITARY
DIGNITARY, noun An ecclesiastic who holds a dignity, or a benefice which gives him some pre-eminence over mere priests and canons, as a bishop, dean, archdeacon, prebendary, etc.
DIGNITY
DIGNITY, noun [Latin, worthy.]1. True honor; nobleness or elevation of mind, consisting in a high sense of propriety, truth and justice, with an abhorrence of mean and sinful ac...
DIGNOTION
DIGNOTION, noun [Latin] Distinguishing mark; distinction. [Not in use.]
DIGONOUS
DIGONOUS, adjective [Gr., an angle.] In botany, having two angles, as a stem.
DIGRAPH
DIGRAPH, noun [Gr., to write.] A union of two vowels, of which one only is pronounced, as in head, breath.
DIGRESS
DIGRESS, verb intransitive [Latin, to step. See Grade.]1. Literally, to step or go from the way or road; hence, to depart or wander from the main subject, design or tenor of a d...
DIGRESSING
DIGRESSING, participle present tense Departing from the main subject.
DIGRESSION
DIGRESSION, noun [Latin]1. The act of digressing; a departure from the main subject under consideration; an excursion of speech or writing.2. The part or passage of a discourse,...
DIGRESSIONAL
DIGRESSIONAL, adjective Pertaining to or consisting in digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
DIGRESSIVE
DIGRESSIVE, adjective Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
DIGRESSIVELY
DIGRESSIVELY, adverb By way of digression.
DIGYN
DIGYN, noun [Gr., two; a female.] In botany, a plant having two pistils.