Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Things thrown in; substances injected: opposed to ejecta.
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Examples
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Adeo immoderate et immodeste ab ipsis bibitur, ut in compotationibus suis non cyathis solum et cantharis sat infundere possint, sed impletum mulctrale apponant, et scutella injecta hortantur quemlibet ad libitum potare.
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Beza alludes to her as "matrona quædam et genere et pietate valde nobilis, fidem ad extremum usque spiritum professa signis omnibus, quum, abscisa lingua et _ardente face pudendis ipsius turpissime ac crudelissime injecta_, torreretur."
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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Et haec vincula multis ante justam aetatem contra Canones injecta sunt.
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Et haec vincula multis ante justam aetatem contra Canones injecta sunt.
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In 1267, however, Hart and his staff returned to Peking from their wanderings, _re injecta_, faithfully accompanied by their Corean guides, whose explanations as to why the goal had not been reached were by no means satisfactory to Kublai.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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And Grotius observes, that the proper sense of this word is, vindicare seu asserere in libertatem manu injecta.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V. 1634-1716 1823
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(but which mine author notes, [4549] the cause of this poverty was his honesty) for his modesty and continency from a private person (for they found him digging in his garden) was saluted king, and preferred before all the magnificoes of his time, injecta ei vestis purpura auroque distincta, a purple embroidered garment was put upon him,
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* vindicare seu asserere in libertatem manu injecta: [384] 1
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V. 1634-1716 1823
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Sæpe unus elephas cum sex equis committitur; atque ipse adeo interfui cum unus elephas duos equos cum primo impetu protinus prosternerit; -- injecta enim jugulis ipsorum longa proboscide, ad se protractos, dentibus porro comminuit ac protrivit. "
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Montfaucouins injecta wg iv naQo8tjSov intsr omnes ubique reBquias a&tiquitalis ezstare dixit ').
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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