Deject

[imp. & p. p. DEJECTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEJECTING.] [Lat. dejicere, dejectum, from de and jacere, to throw.]

1Sense 1. To cast down; to throw to the ground; to direct downward. [Obs.] “Dejected darkness.” Marston.

Though by her garments divers times dejected, To gaze on her again themselves erected. Stirling.

2Sense 2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.

Nor think to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope.

a. [Lat. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere. See supra.] Cast down; low-spirited. [Obs.] Shak.