to predigest

1 8.2

To break food down a little before someone eats it so the body can use it more easily

verb
/ˌpriːˈdaɪdʒɛst/

: predigerir

For their first three months, hoatzin chicks are fed a sticky, greenish, predigested mash that the adults regurgitate from their crops.
predigested formula

Examples

For their first three months, hoatzin chicks are fed a sticky, greenish, predigested mash that the adults regurgitate from their crops.

Academic text (1992)
Macrotermes species each grow a particular species of fungus that predigests the termites' food.

Academic text (2002)
If your baby is still under a year old and she's allergic to cow's milk, this may be a simple matter of switching to a predigested formula and avoiding dairy products.
100 percent bioavailable - Since whey is predigested, it is not dependent on the body's ability to break it down; therefore, it is readily absorbed.

Synonyms

help with digestion

vsto predigest

1 3.0

Something that makes food break down in your stomach

happens earlier by making food easier before eating or absorption

How Predigested

to predigest

1 8.2

to soften

37 1.3

Surface Forms

predigest infinitive

predigested past

predigested past participle

predigesting present participle

predigests third person singular

Morphology

predigest = digest (transparent) = pre + digest

The meaning is directly predictable as 'digest beforehand' or 'partially digest in advance' from the prefix 'pre-' and the verb 'digest'.

Etymology

Predigest comes from pre- meaning 'before' and digest meaning 'to break down food'. So, to predigest something is to partly break it down 'before' the body eats it, making the food easier to digest.