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Topic: FOOD

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of ingerere, from gerere 'to carry'

ingest

 verb
     
in‧gest [transitive] technical
HBDF to take food or other substances into your body [↪ digest]
—ingestion noun [uncountable]
➔ digest1 (1)
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