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tra⋅ject

[truh-jekt]
–verb (used with object) Archaic.
to transport, transmit, or transpose.

Origin:
1545–55; < L trājectus (ptp. of trāicere to cast, throw over or across), equiv. to trā- (var. of trāns- trans- ) + -jec- (comb. form of jacere to throw) + -tus ptp. suffix


tra⋅jec⋅tion, noun
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tra·ject   (trə-jěkt')   
tr.v.   tra·ject·ed, tra·ject·ing, tra·jects
To transmit.

[Latin trāicere, trāiect-, to throw across : trā-, trāns-, trans- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
tra·jec'tion n.
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