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Ejaculate

E-jăc’ū-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EJACULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EJACULATING.] [Lat. ejaculari, ejaculatum, from e, out, and jaculari, to throw the javelin, to hurl, dart, from jaculum, javelin, dart, thing thrown, from jacere, to throw.]

  1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to shoot; to dart. [Obs.] “Its active rays ejaculated thence.” Blackmore.
  2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

E-jăc'-ū-lāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [Rare.] “Ejaculating to himself.” W. Scott.