Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deject"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deject \De*ject"\, a. [L. dejectus, p. p.]
Dejected. [Obs.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deject
v : lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: {depress}, {cast down}, {get down},
{dismay}, {dispirit}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}] [ant:
{elate}]
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