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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eject \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.

Eject \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.

Source : WordNet®

eject
     v 1: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from
          the classroom" [syn: {expel}, {chuck out}, {exclude}, {throw
          out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}]
     2: eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: {discharge}, {expel},
         {release}]
     3: leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
     4: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at
        his little sister" [syn: {squirt}, {force out}, {squeeze
        out}]
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