The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature
of an office.
1. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc. Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair. We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak. 2. (Physiol.) To separate (the food) in its pa...