EJECTED

Verb

ejected

simple past tense and past participle of eject

Source: Wiktionary


EJECT

E*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting.] Etym: [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)

Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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