Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inject"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Injecting}.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
And mound inject on mound. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inject
v 1: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the
patient's vein" [syn: {shoot}]
2: to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new
life into the performance"
3: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject
hydrogen into the balloon" [syn: {shoot}]
4: take by injection; "inject heroin"
5: feed intravenously
6: to insert between other elements: "She interjected clever
remarks." [syn: {interject}, {come in}, {interpose}, {put
in}, {throw in}]
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