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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. 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.]
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1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix.
4.
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2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline
haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
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That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
--Milton.
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Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
--Hos. iv. 6.
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3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
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Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. 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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rejecting
vb.
(present participle of en reject nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
rejecting
vb.
(present participle of en reject nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
rejecting
vb.
(present participle of en reject nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
rejecting
vb.
(present participle of en reject nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rejecting
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm r eject ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rejecting
Engelska a.
(avledning en reject ordform=prespart)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Rejecting /ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ/ الرفضFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
rejecting /ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]odmítnutí
rejecting /ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ/ ablehnend, abweisend, zurückweisend, verwerfend, abschlägig bescheidend see: reject sth., rejected, rejects, rejected, reject a petition/request, reject food, reject a sampleFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
rejecting /ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ/ abstoßend see: reject sth., rejected, reject a transplanted organFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
rejecting /ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ/ ausschlagend, ausstoßend see: reject sth., rejected, rejects, rejectedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
rejecting /ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ/
verwerfend, abschreibend
Synonyms: dismissing, discarding
see: dismiss, discard, reject sth., dismissed, discarded, rejected
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ɹiˈdʒɛktɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈdʒɛktɪŋ/