rejected
Use Rejected in a sentence
dʒɛkt verb (used with object)
1.
to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
2.
to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
3.
to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff: The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.
4.
to discard as useless or unsatisfactory: The mind rejects painful memories.
5.
to cast out or eject; vomit.
6.
to cast out or off.
7.
Medicine/Medical. (of a human or other animal) to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue): If tissue types are not matched properly, a patient undergoing a transplant will reject the graft.
noun
8.
something rejected, as an imperfect article.
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Rejected
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Origin:
1485–95; (v.) < Latin rējectus, past participle of rējicere to throw back, equivalent to re- re- + jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix
1485–95; (v.) < Latin rējectus, past participle of rējicere to throw back, equivalent to re- re- + jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
re·ject·a·ble, adjective
re·ject·er, noun
re·jec·tive, adjective
pre·re·ject, verb (used with object)
qua·si-re·ject·ed, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| reject | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc |
| 2. | to throw out as useless or worthless; discard |
| 3. | to rebuff (a person) |
| 4. | (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility |
| —n | |
| 5. | something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless |
| [C15: from Latin rēicere to throw back, from | |
| re'jectable | |
| —adj | |
| re'jecter | |
| —n | |
| re'jector | |
| —n | |
| re'jection | |
| —n | |
| re'jective | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
reject
c.1415, from L. rejectus, pp. of reicere "to throw back," from re- "back" + -icere, comb. form of jacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). The noun is first recorded 1555; rare before 20c. Rejection in the psychological sense, relating to parenting, is recorded from 1931.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
reject re·ject (rĭ-jěkt')
v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or use something.
To discard as defective or useless; throw away.
To spit out or vomit.
To resist immunologically introduction of a transplanted organ or tissue; fail to accept in one's body.
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Example sentences
By pouring onto the streets, many thousands of people rejected what they perceived as alien and aggressive transplants.
He boldly rejected the traditional conceptions of natural liberty and the origin of government.
The technique was not successful for the fifth patient, however: his body rejected the donor kidney.
Isn't it great to see the other side of a debate getting rejected from the comments.
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