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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deject \De*ject"\, a. [L. dejectus, p. p.]
Dejected. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr & vb
n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
down de- + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To cast down [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deject
v : lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: {depress}, {cast down}, {get down},
{dismay}, {dispirit}, {demoralize}] [ant: {elate}]
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