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| re·ject [ ri jékt ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle re·ject·ed, present participle re·ject·ing, 3rd person present singular re·jects) |
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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
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2. turn somebody down: to decide not to give somebody something asked or applied for such as a job or membership of an organization
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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
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4. not keep something: to put something aside or throw it away
  rejected the faulty disk
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5. medicine not accept transplant: to fail to accept foreign tissue or an organ transplant because of immunological incompatibility
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6. med bring up food: to be unable to keep food down and vomit it up again
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noun (plural re·jects) |
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something or somebody not wanted: somebody or something that is refused as not meeting a required standard or is otherwise unsuitable
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| [15th century. < Latin reject-, past participle of rejicere "throw back" < jacere "to throw"] |
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| re·ject·a·ble adjective |
| re·ject·er noun |
| re·jec·tive adjective |
| re·jec·tor noun |
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