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e⋅jac⋅u⋅late

  [v. i-jak-yuh-leyt; n. i-jak-yuh-lit] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.
2. to eject (semen).
3. to eject suddenly and swiftly; discharge.
–verb (used without object)
4. to eject semen.
–noun
5. the semen emitted in an ejaculation.
Origin:
1570–80; < L ējaculātus (ptp. of ējaculārī) shot out, equiv. to ē- e- + jacul(um) javelin (jac(ere) to throw + -ulum -ule ) + -ātus -ate 1
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e·jac·u·late   (ĭ-jāk'yə-lāt')   
v.   e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing, e·jac·u·lates

v.   tr.
  1. To eject or discharge abruptly, especially to discharge (semen) in orgasm.
  2. To utter suddenly and passionately; exclaim.
v.   intr.
To eject semen.
n.   (ĭ-jāk'yə-lĭt)
The semen discharged in an ejaculation.

[Latin ēiaculārī, ēiaculāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + iaculārī, to throw (from iaculum, dart; see yē- in Indo-European roots).]
e·jac'u·la'tor n.
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Ejaculate

E*jac"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.]

1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject. [Archaic or Technical]

Its active rays ejaculated thence. --Blackmore.

2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

Ejaculate

E*jac"u*late\, v. i. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] "Ejaculating to himself." --Sir W. Scott.
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Language Translation for : ejaculate
Spanish: exclamar,
German: ausstoßen,
Japanese: 急に叫ぶ
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ejaculate 
1578, "emit semen," from L. ejaculatus, pp. of ejaculari, from ex- "out" + jaculari "to throw, dart," from jaculum "javelin," from jacere "to throw." Only other surviving sense is "exclaim suddenly" (1666).
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Main Entry: 1ejac·u·late
Pronunciation: i-'jak-y&-"lAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed; -lat·ing
transitive senses
1 : to eject from a living body; specifically : to eject (semen) in orgasm ejaculate intransitive senses
: toeject a fluid (as semen) —ejac·u·la·tor /-"lAt-&r/ noun

Main Entry: 2ejac·u·late
Pronunciation: -l&t
Function: noun
: the semen released by one ejaculation
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ejaculate e·jac·u·late (ĭ-jāk'yə-lāt')
v. e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing, e·jac·u·lates
To eject or discharge abruptly, especially to discharge semen in orgasm. n. (ĭ-jāk'yə-lĭt)
Semen ejaculated in orgasm.

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