online medical dictionary | definition of deject

1. To cast down. "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)

Origin: L. Dejectus, p. P. Of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.

(01 Mar 1998)