Definition of deject

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de·ject    (d-jkt) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
de·ject·ed, de·ject·ing, de·jects

To lower the spirits of; dishearten.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English dejecten, from Latin dicere, diect-, to cast down : d-, de- + iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots