deject

[ dih-jekt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten: Such news dejects me.

adjective
  1. Archaic. dejected; downcast.

Origin of deject

1
1375–1425; late Middle English dejecten (v.) <Latin dējectus (past participle of dējicere to throw down), equivalent to dē-de- + -jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix

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deject

/ (dɪˈdʒɛkt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten

adjective
  1. archaic downcast; dejected

Origin of deject

1
C15: from Latin dēicere to cast down, from de- + iacere to throw

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