From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ingest \In*gest"\, v. t. [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put
in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
1. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
--Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation,
injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {ingest}, {take in}, {take}, {have}] [ant:
{abstain}, {desist}, {refrain}]
2: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of
his tribe" [syn: {absorb}, {assimilate}, {ingest}, {take in}]
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