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reject

re·ject [ ri jékt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle re·ject·ed, present participle re·ject·ing, 3rd person present singular re·jects)
Definition:
 
1. not accept something: to refuse to accept, agree to, believe in, or make use of something, e.g. because it is not good enough or not the right thing

2. turn somebody down: to decide not to give somebody something asked or applied for such as a job or membership of an organization

3. be unkind to somebody: to behave in an unkind and unfriendly way toward somebody who expects or has a right to expect love, kindness, and friendship

4. not keep something: to put something aside or throw it away
rejected the faulty disk

5. medicine not accept transplant: to fail to accept foreign tissue or an organ transplant because of immunological incompatibility

6. med bring up food: to be unable to keep food down and vomit it up again



noun  (plural re·jects)
Definition:
 
something or somebody not wanted: somebody or something that is refused as not meeting a required standard or is otherwise unsuitable

[15th century. < Latin reject-, past participle of rejicere "throw back" < jacere "to throw"]

re·ject·a·ble adjective
re·ject·er noun
re·jec·tive adjective
re·jec·tor noun
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