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reject |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejected}; p. pr & vb n. {Rejecting}.] [L. rejectus p. p. of reicere rejicere pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To cast from one to throw away to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson (More's Utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix 4. 2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. --Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me --Hos. iv 6. 3. To refuse to grant; as to reject a prayer or request. Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reject n : the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: {cull}] v 1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" [ant: {accept}] 2: refuse to accept "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: {refuse}, {pass up}, {turn down}, {decline}] [ant: {accept}] 3: refuse to approve; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: {disapprove}] [ant: {approve}] 4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {spurn}, {freeze off}, {scorn}, {pooh-pooh}, {disdain}, {turn down}] 5: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: {turn down}, {turn away}, {refuse}] [ant: {admit}] 6: dismiss from consideration; John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi." [syn: {rule out}, {eliminate}]
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