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deject

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6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈdʒɛkt/Part of speech verbSorted cdeejtStarts with DEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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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