deject
[dih-jekt]
- to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten: Such news dejects me.
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- Archaic. dejected; downcast.
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Origin of deject
1375–1425; late Middle English dejecten (v.) < Latin dējectus (past participle of dējicere to throw down), equivalent to dē- de- + -jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix
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The things which do not disturb her temper may, perhaps, deject her spirits.
A Strange Story, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
And I alone, of all men “most deject and wretched,” survive them all.
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2Edward Tyas Cook
This did not dishearten or deject the golden party; far from it.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.Francois Rabelais
I must deject you now and make you listen to me; there is not much more to hear.
Look Back on HappinessKnut Hamsun
For one, the worst event of this day, though it may deject, shall not break or subdue me.
deject
- (tr) to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
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- archaic downcast; dejected
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin dēicere to cast down, from de- + iacere to throw
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Word Origin and History for deject
v.
early 15c., "to throw or cast down," from Old French dejeter (12c.), from Latin deiectus "a throwing down, felling, fall," past participle of deicere "to cast down, destroy; drive out; kill, slay, defeat," from de- "down" + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Originally literal; the sense of "depress in spirit" is c.1500.
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