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3 definitions found 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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