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.
Hog. iv. 6.
3.
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
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