Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
Re*ject"a*ble (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being, or that ought to be,
rejected.
||Re*jec`ta*men"ta (r?-j?k`t?-m?n"ta), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. rejectare,
||v. intens. fr. rejicere. See Reject.] Things thrown out or away;
||especially, things excreted by a living organism. J. Fleming.
Re`jec*ta"ne*ous (r?`j?k-t?"n?-?s), a. [L. rejectaneus.] Not chosen or
received; rejected. [Obs.] "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate
people." Barrow.
Re*ject"er (r?-j?kt"?r), n. One who rejects.
Re*jec"tion (r?-j?k"sh?n), n. [L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.] Act of
rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Re`jec*ti"tious (r?`j?k-t?sh"?s), a. Implying or requiring rejection;
rejectable. Cudworth.
Re*ject"ive (r?-j?kt"?v), a. Rejecting, or tending to reject.
Re*ject"ment (-ment), n. Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown
away. Eaton.
Re*joice" (r*jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rejoiced (-joist"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Rejoicing (-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir,
F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. éjouir, to rejoice;
pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to
rejoice. See Joy.] To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high
degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice
beyond a common joy." Shak.