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Select the root of the word below by clicking on the box.Then, click on the box to choose the meaning of that root. digest

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-gest-, root. -gest- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "carry;

bear.'' This meaning is found in such words as: congestion, digest, gestation, gesticulate, gesture, ingest,

(of food) to (cause to) change or be changed into a form that the body can use:

to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system

Step-by-step explanation:

-gest- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "carry;

bear.'' This meaning is found in such words as: congestion, digest, gestation, gesticulate, gesture, ingest,

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