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deject

v.
US //dɪˈdʒɛkt// UK //dɪdʒˈɛkt// de·ject Archaic
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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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