DEJECT

v. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope.

3.
a.

Dejected. [Obs.]

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