2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injected}; p. pr & vb
n. {Injecting}.] [L. injectus p. p. of inicere injicere to
throw in pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf F. injecter.
See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in to dart in to force in as to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
C[ae]sar also then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on [R.]
And mound inject on mound. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inject
v 1: give an injection to "We injected the glucose into the
patient's vein" [syn: {shoot}]
2: to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new
life into the performance"
3: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject
hydrogen into the balloon" [syn: {shoot}]
4: take by injection; "inject heroin"
5: feed intravenously
6: to insert between other elements: "She interjected clever
remarks." [syn: {interject}, {come in}, {interpose}, {put
in}, {throw in}]
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