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Word: Deject
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘overthrow, abase, degrade’): from Latin deject- ‘thrown down’, from the verb deicere, from de- ‘down’ + jacere ‘to throw’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈdʒɛkt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make sad or dispirited; depress
Short Definition:make sad or dispirited
Examples:- nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits
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