deject

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Entreat Him to enable me to stand to his Truth; which I shall not do if He deject or forsake me."

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  1. transitive verb To lower the spirits of; dishearten.

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  1. Middle English dejecten, from Latin dēicere, dēiect-, to cast down : dē-, de- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Old French dejeter, degeter, dejecter; degecter, French déjeter = Provencal dejetar, from Latin dejectus, past participle of deicere, dejicere, cast down, from de, down, + jacere, cast, throw: see jet, and cf. abject, adject, conject, eject, etc.
  2. from Old French deject = Spanish deyecto = Italian dejetto, from Latin dejectus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/dəˈdʒɛkt/
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