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Definitions
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Word origin
From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).
Used in a sentence
“On the other hand, there is nothing which dejects school children quite so much as failure.”
“[…] sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.”
“Princely wisdom, then, Dejects his watchful eye; and from the hand Of feeble justice, ineffectual, drop The sword and balance: mute the voice of joy, and hush'd the clamour of the busy world.”
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