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INJECT
inject, shoot
(verb) give an injection to; “We injected the glucose into the patient’s vein”
inject
(verb) to introduce (a new aspect or element); “He injected new life into the performance”
interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject
(verb) to insert between other elements; “She interjected clever remarks”
inject
(verb) feed intravenously
inject
(verb) take by injection; “inject heroin”
inject, shoot
(verb) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; “inject hydrogen into the balloon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)
(transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
(transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
(transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
(intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
(transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
(obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
Source: Wiktionary
In*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.] Etym: [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill. Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.] And mound inject on mound. Pope.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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