Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-JECT', v.t. [L. ejicio, ejectum; e and jacio, to throw, Fr. jeter, L. jacto.]

1. To throw out; to cast forth; to thrust out, as from a place inclosed or confined. Sandys. South.
2. To discharge through the natural passages or emunctories; to evacuate Encyc.
3. To throw out or expel from an office; to dismiss from an office; to turn out; as, to eject a clergyman.
4. To dispossess of land or estate.
5. To drive away; to expel; to dismiss with hatred. Shak.
6. To cast away; to reject; to banish; as, to eject words bale language. Swift.