Category:Reject

Re*ject" (r-jkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.] Etym: [l. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- Re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See jet a shooting forth.]

1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting. . . the utopians have Rejected to their butchers. Robynson (more's utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.

2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or Harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, i will also reject thee, that Thou shalt be no priest to me. Hog. iv. 6.

3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Syn. -- to repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.