deject
[ dih-jekt ]
/ dɪˈdʒɛkt /
verb (used with object)
to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten: Such news dejects me.
adjective
Archaic. dejected; downcast.
Words nearby deject
deisolate, deist, deiters' cell, deity, deixis, deject, dejecta, dejected, dejection, dejerine's disease, deka-
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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deject
/ (dɪˈdʒɛkt) /
verb
(tr) to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
adjective
archaic downcast; dejected
Word Origin for deject
C15: from Latin dēicere to cast down, from de- + iacere to throw
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