ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Humans have been ingesting a slow-acting form of it for at least a few hundred, and perhaps thousands of years by boiling DMT-containing vines and leaves to make the psychoactive brew ayahuasca.
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Some Where to Watch data is now automatically ingested and displayed in the ESPN app and online, while other pieces are entered manually.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
To gain a competitive edge in today's ever-evolving world, enterprises are heavily investing to scale their computing and storage infrastructure to ingest, process and generate insights from data—their most valuable asset.
—Batul Bohara, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (888-426-4435) right away if your pet has ingested chocolate.
—Julia Lamont, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Some Where to Watch data is now automatically ingested and displayed in the ESPN app and online, while other pieces are entered manually.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
To gain a competitive edge in today's ever-evolving world, enterprises are heavily investing to scale their computing and storage infrastructure to ingest, process and generate insights from data—their most valuable asset.
—Batul Bohara, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (888-426-4435) right away if your pet has ingested chocolate.
—Julia Lamont, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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ingest
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in·gest
in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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