Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ingest

Ingest , transitive verb

[Latin ingenium, past participle of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]

1.
To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. — Sir T. Browne
2.
To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.