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[syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deject \De*ject"\, v. 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]
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Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
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Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --Fuller.
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2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
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Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deject \De*ject"\, a. [L. dejectus, p. p.]
Dejected. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deject
v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down,
get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize,
demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick
up, uplift]