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verb (used with object)
1.
to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position: The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting.
2.
to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
3.
to evict, as from property.
4.
to throw out, as from within; throw off.
verb (used without object)
5.
to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat: When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.
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Ejecting
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Origin:
1545–55; < Latin ējectus (past participle of ējicere) thrown out, equivalent to ē- e- + jec- (combining form of jacere) throw + -tus past participle suffix
1545–55; < Latin ējectus (past participle of ējicere) thrown out, equivalent to ē- e- + jec- (combining form of jacere) throw + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
non·e·ject·ing, adjective
re·e·ject, verb (used with object)
un·e·ject·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1–3. oust.
1–3. oust.
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Word Origin & History
eject
1550s, from L. ejectus, pp. of ejicere, eicere "throw out," from ex- "out" + -icere, comb. form of jacere "to throw."
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