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Pronunciation : De*ject"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : De*ject"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. dejectus, p. p.]
Definition : Defn: Dejected. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913