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  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. 




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