To convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract, To assimilate food substances, To undergo digestion, transitive verb_ Hence_ To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook, To appropriate for strengthening and comfort, To quiet or abate, as anger or grief, noun_ A periodical containing literary abridgments or other condensed works, A collection of previously published material, such as articles, essays, or reports, usually in edited or condensed form, In law, a compilation of concise statements, summaries, or analyses of statutes or of reported cases, or of both, arranged in alphabetical order of subjects, usually with analytic subdivisions, so as to form a systematic compend of the authorities represented in the collection