Re*ject" (r?-j?kt"), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rejecting.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere,
rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F.
rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a
shooting forth.]
1. To cast from one; to throw away; to
discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
Utopians have rejected to their butchers.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Reject me not from among thy
children.
Wisdom ix. 4.
2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to
decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst
reject.
Milton.
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will
also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
me.
Hos. iv. 6.
3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a
prayer or request.
Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse;
decline.
