Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ejaculate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ejaculate \E*jac"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ejaculated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ejaculating}.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of
ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr.
jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See {Eject}.]
1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart;
to eject. [Archaic or Technical]
Its active rays ejaculated thence. --Blackmore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ejaculate \E*jac"u*late\, v. i.
To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
[R.] ``Ejaculating to himself.'' --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ejaculate
n : the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {semen}, {seed},
{seminal fluid}, {cum}]
v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret" [syn: {blurt
out}, {blurt}, {blunder out}]
2: eject semen
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