Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ingest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ingest \In*gest"\, v. t. [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put
in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
--Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ingest
v 1: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl
of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
[syn: {consume}, {take in}, {take}, {have}] [ant: {abstain}]
2: take up, as of knowledge or beliefs [syn: {absorb}, {assimilate},
{take in}]
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