DEJECT, verb transitive [Latin To throw.] 1. To cast down; usually, to cast down the countenance; to cause to fall with grief; to make to look sad or grieved, or to express discouragement. But gloomy were his eyes, dejected was his face. 2. To depress the spirits; to sink; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. Nor think to die dejects my lofty mind. DEJECT, adjective Cast down; low-spirited.
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