Defn: The faculty of multiplying in two ways; — by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.
DIGENOUS
Dig"e*nous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.)
Defn: Sexually reproductive. Digenous reproduction. (Biol.) Same as
Digenesis.
DIGERENT
Dig"er*ent, . Etym: [L. digerens, p. pr. of digerere. See Digest.]
Defn: Digesting. [Obs.] Bailey.
DIGEST
Di*gest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Digested; p. pr. & vb. n. Digesting.]
Etym: [L. digestus, p. p. of digerere to separate, arrange, dissolve,
digest; di- = dis- + gerere to bear, carry, wear. See Jest.]
1. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc. Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair. We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
3. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend. Feelingly digest the words you speak in prayer. Sir H. Sidney. How shall this bosom multiplied digest The senate's courtesy Shak.