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deject

[ dih-jekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten:

    Such news dejects me.



adjective

  1. Archaic. dejected; downcast.

deject

/ dɪˈdʒɛkt /

verb

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


adjective

  1. archaic.
    downcast; dejected

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deject1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of deject1

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

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Example Sentences

Simulacra deorum immortalium depulsa sunt et statu veterum hominum deject.

And I alone, of all men “most deject and wretched,” survive them all.

Some names stimulate and encourage the owner; others deject and paralyze him: I am a melancholy instance of that truth.

For one, the worst event of this day, though it may deject, shall not break or subdue me.

I must deject you now and make you listen to me; there is not much more to hear.

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