Dictionary: DI-GEST'ER – DIG'NI-FY

a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |

1234567891011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120
121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140
141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160
161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180
181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200
201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215

DI-GEST'ER, n.

  1. He that digests or disposes in order.
  2. One who digests his food.
  3. A medicine or article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens the digestive power of the stomach.
  4. A strong vessel contrived by Papin, in which to boil bony substances with a strong heat and reduce them to a fluid state, or in general, to increase the solvent power of water.

DI-GEST-I-BIL'I-TY, n.

The quality of being digestible.

DI-GEST'I-BLE, a.

Capable of being digested. – Bacon.

DI-GEST'ING, ppr.

Arranging in due order, or under proper heads; dissolving and preparing for circulation in the stomach; softening and preparing by heat; disposing for practice; disposing to generate pus; brooking; reducing by heat to a fluid state.

DI-GES'TION, n. [L. digestio.]

  1. The conversion of food into chyme, or the process of decomposing aliment in the stomach and recomposing it in a new form, and thus preparing it for circulation and nourishment. A good digestion is essential to health.
  2. In chimistry, the operation of exposing bodies to a gentle heat, to prepare them for some action on each other; or the slow action of a solvent on any substance.
  3. The act of methodizing and reducing to order; the maturation of a design. – Temple.
  4. The process of maturing an ulcer or wound, and disposing it to generate pus; or the generation of matter.
  5. The process of dissolution and preparation of substances for manure, as in compost.

DI-GEST'IVE, a.

  1. Having the power to cause digestion in the stomach; as, a digestive preparation of medicine.
  2. Capable of softening and preparing by heat.
  3. Methodizing; reducing to order; as, digestive thought. – Dryden.
  4. Causing maturation in wounds or ulcers.
  5. Dissolving.

DI-GEST'IVE, n.

  1. In medicine, any preparation or medicine which increases the tone of the stomach, and aids digestion; a stomachic; a corroborant.
  2. In surgery, an application which ripens an ulcer or wound, or disposes it to suppurate. Digestive salt, the muriate of potash.

DI-GEST'URE, n.

Concoction; digestion. [Little used.] – Harvey.

DIG'GED, pp. [and pret. of Dig.]

DIG'GER, n.

One who digs; one who opens, throws up and breaks the earth; one who opens a well, pit, trench or ditch.

DIGGING, ppr.

Opening or turning the earth with a spade.

DIGHT, v.t. [dite; Sax. diht, disposition, order, command; dihtan, to set, establish, prepare, instruct, dictate. This seems to be from the same source as the L. dico, dicto.]

To prepare; to put in order: hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Obsolete, or used only in poetry.] – Milton.

DIG'IT, n. [L. digitus, a finger, that is, a shoot; Gr. δακτυλος.]

  1. The measure of a finger's breadth, or three fourths of an inch. – Boyle.
  2. The twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of six digits is one which hides one half of the disk.
  3. In arithmetic, any integer under 10; so called from counting on the fingers. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, are called digits.

DI'GIT-AL, a. [L. digitalis.]

Pertaining to the fingers, or to digits.

DIG-I-TAL'I-NA, or DI-GI-TA'LINE, n.

A supposed alkaloid obtained from Digitalis purpurea. It has not been obtained in a perfectly pure state.

DIG-I-TA'LIS, n. [L. digitus, a finger.]

The plant called fox-glove; the name of a genus of plants.

DIG'I-TATE, or DIG'IT-A-TED, a.

In botany, a digitate leaf is one which branches into several distinct leaflets like fingers; or when a simple, undivided petiole connects several leaflets at the end of it. – Martyn.

DIG'IT-I-GRADE, a.

Walking on the toes, as the cat and dog.

DIG'IT-I-GRADE, n. [L. digitus, a finger or toe, and gradior, to walk.]

An animal that walks or steps on his toes, as the lion, wolf, &c. Bell.

DI-GLA'DI-ATE, v.t. [L. digladior.]

To fence; to quarrel. [Little used.]

DI-GLA-DI-A'TION, n.

A combat with swords; a quarrel. – B. Jonson.

DI'GLYPH, n.

In architecture, an ornament which has two channels sunk in, while the triglyph has three. – Elmes.

DIG-NI-FI-CA'TION, n. [See Dignify.]

The act of dignifying; exaltation; promotion. – Walton.

DIG'NI-FI-ED, pp. [See Dignify.]

  1. Exalted; honored; invested with dignity; as, the dignified clergy.
  2. adj. Marked with dignity; noble; as, dignified conduct or manner. To the great astonishment of the Jews, the manners of Jesus are familiar, yet dignified. – Buckminster.

DIG'NI-FY, v.t. [Sp. dignificar; L. dignus, worthy, and facio, 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; to distinguish by some excellence, or that which gives celebrity. Your worth will dignify our feast. – B. Jonson.