Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dejecting"

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.

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