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deject

de·ject

UK/dɪˈdʒɛkt/ US/dɪˈdʒɛkt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

lower someone''s spirits; make downhearted

  • “These news depressed her”
  • “The bad state of her child”

Origin

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).

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