Hypertext Webster Gateway: "injecting"

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.


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