Thesaurus: deject
To cast down.
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Definitions
- v. t. To cast down.
- v. t. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
- a. Dejected.
- v. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. Udall. Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. Fuller. 2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope. Dejected. [Obs.]
- Dejected. [Obs.]
- v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted