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    2. Concoct, convert into chyme.
    3. Study, ponder, consider, contemplate, reflect upon, think on, meditate upon, con over, revolve in the mind.
    4. Appropriate completely (in the mind), make one’s own, assimilate, master.
    5. (Chem.) Soften by a gentle heat, macerate, steep, soak.

Digestion, n.

    1. Conversion of food into chyme.
    2. Methodizing, digesting, classifying.
    3. (Chem.) Macerating, maceration, steeping.

Digit, n.

    1. Finger.
    2. Numerical symbol (in the Arabic notation).
    3. Finger’s breadth, three fourths of an inch.
    4. One twelfth of the solar diameter.

Dignified, a. Stately, noble, majestic, august, grave, imposing, decorous.

Dignify, v. a.

    1. Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer to office.
    2. Honor, grace, adorn, exalt, ennoble, give lustre to, add dignity to.

Dignity, n.

    1. Rank, elevation, standing, station, place, greatness, eminence, exaltation, glory, honor, reputableness, respectability.
    2. Stateliness, grandeur, majesty, nobleness, lofty bearing or conduct, elevation of aspect or deportment, dignified behavior, decorum.