EJAC'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin ejaculor, from jaculor, to throw or dart, jaculum, a dart, from jacio, to throw.] To throw out; to cast; to shoot; to dart; as rays of light ejaculated. It is now seldom used, except to express the utterance of a short prayer; as, he ejaculated a few words.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI