redigestionn.
/ˌriːdʌɪˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌriːdᵻˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌridəˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌridaɪˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of digesting again. Chiefly figurative or in figurative contexts.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun] > again
redigestion1817
1817 J. Keats Let. 22 Nov. (1947) xxxi. 69 It is necessary to your eternal Happiness that you not only..drink this old Wine of Heaven, which I shall call the redigestion of our most ethereal Musings upon Earth; but also increase in knowledge and know all things.
1869 J. Bascom Princ. Psychol. iii. §5, 93 We are thus compelled to enlarge and develop our resources by consumption and redigestion rather than by retention.
1966 Lawton (Okla.) Constit. 9 Jan. b5/5 The shells were regurgitated, or passed during normal redigestion occurring in cattle.
2000 Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. After the primary material has been..digested in the media cow's first, second and third stomachs, the residue is passed along for redigestion by the satirists, parodists and ironists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- materials controller
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- materiel
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