"injest" meaning in English

See injest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: injests [present, singular, third-person], injesting [participle, present], injested [participle, past], injested [past]
Etymology: Likely influenced by inject. Head templates: {{en-verb}} injest (third-person singular simple present injests, present participle injesting, simple past and past participle injested)
  1. Misspelling of ingest. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: ingest
    Sense id: en-injest-en-verb-1S5pCxQB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Likely influenced by inject.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "injests",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "injesting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "injested",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "injested",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ingest"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1889, Arlington Chemical Company, Koch's Discovery (illustrated). Alimentation as a Therapeutic Measure:",
          "text": "It will readily be taken by patients who are unable to injest food in any other form.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941, Stanley Jennings Carpenter, The Mosquitoes of Arkansas:",
          "text": "They do not seem to make any selection of material in their feeding but injest any small particles which happen to come within their reach.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Allardice, Pamela, An A-Z of Essential Oils: the fragrant art of aromatherapy:",
          "text": "Because essential oils are highly concentrated, it is not usually advisable to apply them directly to your skin or to injest them, unless advised by a skilled therapist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Rachel Salt, The Plastic Problem:",
          "text": "However, BPA can be released from the container and go into your food or drink, making it easy to injest without you even knowing it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of ingest."
      ],
      "id": "en-injest-en-verb-1S5pCxQB",
      "links": [
        [
          "ingest",
          "ingest#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "injest"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Likely influenced by inject.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "injests",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "injesting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "injested",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "injested",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "injest (third-person singular simple present injests, present participle injesting, simple past and past participle injested)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ingest"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English misspellings",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1889, Arlington Chemical Company, Koch's Discovery (illustrated). Alimentation as a Therapeutic Measure:",
          "text": "It will readily be taken by patients who are unable to injest food in any other form.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941, Stanley Jennings Carpenter, The Mosquitoes of Arkansas:",
          "text": "They do not seem to make any selection of material in their feeding but injest any small particles which happen to come within their reach.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Allardice, Pamela, An A-Z of Essential Oils: the fragrant art of aromatherapy:",
          "text": "Because essential oils are highly concentrated, it is not usually advisable to apply them directly to your skin or to injest them, unless advised by a skilled therapist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Rachel Salt, The Plastic Problem:",
          "text": "However, BPA can be released from the container and go into your food or drink, making it easy to injest without you even knowing it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of ingest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ingest",
          "ingest#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "injest"
}

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