Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convert into chyle.
- To be converted into chyle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb (Physiol.) To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb biochemistry, transitive To make
chyle of. - verb biochemistry, intransitive To be
converted intochyle .
Etymologies
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chyle + -ify
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Examples
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The tongue doth make the first essay, and tastes it; the teeth do chew it, and the stomach doth receive, digest, and chylify it.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The tongue doth make the first essay, and tastes it; the teeth do chew it, and the stomach doth receive, digest, and chylify it.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The tongue doth make the first essay, and tastes it; the teeth do chew it, and the stomach doth receive, digest, and chylify it.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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