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.
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.
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.