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Webster 1913 Edition

Deject

De-ject′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dejected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dejecting
.]
[L.
dejectus
, p. p. of
dejicere
to throw down;
de-
+
jacere
to throw. See
Jet
a shooting forth.]
1.
To cast down.
[Obs. or Archaic]
Christ
dejected
himself even unto the hells.
Udall.
Sometimes she
dejects
her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.
Fuller.
2.
To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
Nor think, to die
dejects
my lofty mind.
Pope.

De-ject′

,
Adj.
[L.
dejectus
, p. p.]
Dejected.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Deject

DEJECT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To throw.]
1.
To cast down; usually, to cast down the countenance; to cause to fall with grief; to make to look sad or grieved, or to express discouragement.
But gloomy were his eyes, dejected was his face.
2.
To depress the spirits; to sink; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
Nor think to die dejects my lofty mind.

DEJECT

,
Adj.
Cast down; low-spirited.

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