Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reject"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejected}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Rejecting}.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere,
rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter,
formerly also spelt rejecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).

Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix.
4.

2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline
haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
--Milton.

Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
--Hos. iv. 6.

3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reject
n : the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in
quality [syn: {cull}]
v 1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of
starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's
paper" [ant: {accept}]
2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
{refuse}, {pass up}, {turn down}, {decline}] [ant: {accept}]
3: refuse to approve; "I disapprove of her child rearing
methods" [syn: {disapprove}] [ant: {approve}]
4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {spurn},
{freeze off}, {scorn}, {pooh-pooh}, {disdain}, {turn down}]
5: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of
fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
[syn: {turn down}, {turn away}, {refuse}] [ant: {admit}]
6: dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a
possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This
possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
[syn: {rule out}, {eliminate}]


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