To worship calves, the deities
Of Egypt.
Milton.
The Deity, God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth.
Addison.
De*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.
Fuller.