Misdigest

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To digest incorrectly.; To improperly break down (food) in the alimentary canal.

    "I misdigest my food, such as I get."

  2. 2
    To digest incorrectly.; To incorrectly analyze or summarize.

    "And within two years of Ashford, a commentator had found three Washington cases, “misdigested and lost on the books," which neither the majority nor the separate opinions had considered, recognizing the doctrine of equitable conversion as the law of Washington."

Example

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"I misdigest my food, such as I get."

Etymology

From mis- + digest.

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