In*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere,
injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to
throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as,
to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a
medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine
with a hypodermic syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to
instill.
Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny,
injected the same scrupulous demurs.
Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on.
[R.]
And mound inject on mound.
Pope.
4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity,
or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the
blood vessels.
