REJECTING

Verb

rejecting

present participle of reject

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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