deject

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. from L. dejectus, p. p. ] Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who casts down, or dejects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection. ] 1. A casting down; depression. [ Obs. or Archaic ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. [ 1913 Webster ]

What besides,
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Dejectedly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dejector a dejecter. ] 1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand. [ 1913 Webster ]