a. [ L. dejectus, p. p. ] Dejected. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting. ] [ L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth. ] 1. To cast down. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. from L. dejectus, p. p. ] Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who casts down, or dejects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection. ] 1. A casting down; depression. [ Obs. or Archaic ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. [ 1913 Webster ]

What besides,
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Dejectedly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dejector a dejecter. ] 1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is voided; excrements. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting. ] [ L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth. ] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. “Eyes ejecting flame.” H. Brooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

Syn. -- To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Eject, v. t. ] (Philos.) An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself; -- a term invented by W. K. Clifford. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ L., neut. pl. of ejectus cast out. See Eject. ] Matter ejected; material thrown out; as, the ejecta of a volcano; the ejecta, or excreta, of the body. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. ejectio: cf. F. éjection. ] 1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation. “Vast ejection of ashes.” Eustace. “The ejection of a word.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting. ] [ L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth. ] 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hos. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See Reject. ] Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. J. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rejectaneus. ] Not chosen or received; rejected. [ Obs. ] “Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rejects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection. ] Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rejecting, or tending to reject. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]