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Definition of Ingest
1. Verb. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. "They ingest more bread"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
Specialized synonyms: Hit, Cannibalise, Cannibalize, Habituate, Use, Eat, Eat, Drink, Imbibe, Booze, Drink, Fuddle, Partake, Touch, Eat, Feed, Fill, Replete, Sate, Satiate, Sample, Taste, Try, Try Out, Sop Up, Suck In, Take In, Take Up, Smoke, Do Drugs, Drug, Get Down, Swallow, Sup
Antonyms: Abstain
Derivative terms: Consumer, Consumption, Consumptive, Ingestion
Also: Take Up
2. Verb. Take up mentally. "He absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Larn, Learn
Specialized synonyms: Imbibe
Derivative terms: Absorption, Assimilation, Assimilation, Assimilator
Definition of Ingest
1. v. t. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
Definition of Ingest
1. Verb. To take into the body, as for digestion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ingest
1. to take into the body [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Ingest
1. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. Origin: L. Ingenium, p. P. Of ingerere to put in; pref. In- in + gerere to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingest
Literary usage of Ingest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"In order to be properly nourished we must ingest a certain amount of ... ingest an
ordinary mixed diet containing an ample salt content for a period of two ..."
2. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"To determine this form of nitrogen proceed as follows: ingest a ... To separate
the feces properly ingest a capsule of carmine at the beginning of the test ..."
3. Physiology for Dental Students by Roy Gentry Pearce, John James Rickard Macleod (1915)
"In very simple forms of life the cells of the alimentary tract both ingest and
digest the food material. In higher forms the cells of the alimentary tract ..."