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Webster 1913 Edition
Reject
Re-ject′
(r?-j?kt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rejected
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rejecting
.] [L.
rejectus
, p. p. of reicere
, rejicere
; pref. re-
re- + jacere
to throw: cf. F. rejeter
, formerly also spelt rejecter
. See Jet
a shooting forth.] 1.
To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have
rejected
to their butchers. Robynson (More’s Utopia).
Reject
me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.
2.
To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst
reject
. Milton.
Because thou hast
rejected
knowledge, I will also reject
thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hos. iv. 6.
3.
To refuse to grant;
as, to
. reject
a prayer or request
Syn. – To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reject
REJECT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To throw away, as any thing useless or vile.2.
To cast off.Have I rejected those that me ador'd?
3.
To cast off; to forsake. Jer. 7.4.
To refuse to receive; to slight; to despise.Because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject thee. Hos. 4. 1Sam. 15.
5.
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.6.
To refuse to accept; as, to reject an offer.