E*jac"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.]

1.

To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

[Archaic or Technical]

Its active rays ejaculated thence. Blackmore.

2.

To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

 

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E*jac"u*late (?), v. i.

To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.

[R.] "Ejaculating to himself."

Sir W. Scott.

 

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