deject
de·ject
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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