E-jĕct′, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. EJECTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EJECTING.] [Lat. ejicere, ejectum, from e, out, and jacere, to throw.]
Sense 1. To throw out; to cast forth; to thrust out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room. “Eyes ejecting flame.” Brooke.
Sense 2. To drive away; to expel violently, or with shame or disgrace, as being unworthy or offensive; to dismiss; to banish; as, to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from a language.
Sense 3. To throw out, expel, or dismiss from an office; to turn out; as, to eject a clergyman.
Sense 4. To dispossess of ownership or occupancy, as of land, dwellings, and the like; as, to eject tenants from an estate.