misdigest

Verb

misdigest (third-person singular simple present misdigests, present participle misdigesting, simple past and past participle misdigested)

1. To improperly break down (food) in the alimentary canal.
   • I misdigest my food, such as I get.1996, Paul West, Sporting with Amaryllis, page 78
   • Adding a heavy toxic burden from misdigested foods to the normal toxic load a body already has to handle creates a myriad of unpleasant symptoms, and greatly shortens life.2006, Fire Your Doctor!, page 32
2. To incorrectly analyze or summarize.
   • And within two years of Ashford, a commentator had found three Washington cases, “misdigested and lost on the books," which neither the majority nor the separate opinions had considered, recognizing the doctrine of equitable conversion as the law of Washington.1977, University of Puget Sound law review - Volume 1, page 122
   • Let us examine closer some of the main elements of Stoic thought which, misdigested and eclectically revised by Cicero, exerted such immense influence on later political and legal thought.2000, Costas Douzinas, The End of Human Rights, page 50