1. Eat, esp. normally or regularly
   "The patient must ingest the medication with food";
   - consume, take in, take, have
    
2. Take up mentally
   "he ingested the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe";
   - absorb, assimilate, take in

Derived forms: ingesting, ingested, ingests

Type of: acquire, act, larn [informal], learn, move

Encyclopedia: Ingest