reject

(rĭ-jĕktˈ)

transitive verb re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects
  1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.
  2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny.
  3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to (a person).
  4. To discard as defective or useless; throw away. See Synonyms at refuse1.
  5. To spit out or vomit.
  6. Medicine To resist immunologically the introduction of (a transplanted organ or tissue); fail to accept as part of one's own body.
noun (rēˈjĕkt)
One that has been rejected: a reject from the varsity team; a tire that is a reject.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rejecten

Origin: , from Latin rēicere, rēiect-

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • re·jectˈer, re·jecˈtor noun
  • re·jecˈtive adjective

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