Etymology

deject

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Today it means: Make sad or dispirited. Full definition →

Old French dejeter ← Latin dēiectus
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēiectus
  2. Old French · derived fromdejeter
  3. English todaydeject

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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