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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EJECT', v.t. [L. ejicio, ejectum; e and jacio, to throw; jacto.]
1. To throw out; to cast forth; to thrust out, as from a place inclosed or confined.
2. To discharge through the natural passages or emunctories; to evacuate.
3. To throw out or expel from an office; to dismiss from an office; to turn out; as, to eject a clergyman.
4. To dispossess of land or estate.
5. To drive away; to expel; to dismiss with hatred.
6. To cast away; to reject; to banish; as, to eject words from a language.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" [syn: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out]
2: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]
3: leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
4: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ejectus, past participle of eicere, from e- + jacere Date: 15th century 1. a. to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence <ejected the player from the game> b. to evict from property 2. to throw out or off from within <ejects the empty cartridges> • ejectable adjective • ejection noun • ejective adjective Synonyms: eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action <ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar>. expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical <a student expelled from college>. oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion <got the sheriff to oust the squatters>. evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home <evicted for nonpayment of rent>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 send or drive out precipitately or by force, esp. from a building or other property; compel to leave. 2 a cause (the pilot etc.) to be propelled from an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency. b (absol.) (of the pilot etc.) be ejected in this way (they both ejected at 1,000 feet). 3 cause to be removed or drop out (e.g. a spent cartridge from a gun). 4 dispossess (a tenant etc.) by legal process. 5 dart forth; emit. Derivatives: ejective adj. ejectment n. Etymology: L ejicere eject- (as E-, jacere throw)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eject E"ject, n. [See Eject, v. t.] (Philos.) An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself; -- a term invented by W. K. Clifford.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eject E*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. ``Eyes ejecting flame.'' --H. Brooke. 2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate. Syn: To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ejects, ejecting, ejected) 1. If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave. Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters... He was ejected from a restaurant. VERB: V n, V n from n • ejection (ejections) ...the ejection of hecklers from the meeting. = expulsion N-VAR 2. To eject something means to remove it or push it out forcefully. He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge. = expel VERB: V n 3. When a pilot ejects from an aircraft, he or she leaves the aircraft quickly using an ejector seat, usually because the plane is about to crash. The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury. = bail out VERB: V from n, also V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Emit, discharge, void, evacuate, vomit, spew, puke, throw out, cast up. 2. Expel, oust, dismiss, discharge, cashier, turn out, thrust out, put out. 3. Reject, banish, throw aside, cast away, throw overboard.

Moby Thesaurus

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