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To become gloomy or dejected in mind. Barrow.

Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. Shak.

One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. Sir W. Hamilton.

A cover for the wrist and forearm. To give the mitten to, to dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.] -- To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. [Colloq.]

One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.

Dull; spiritless; dejected. -- Mop"ish*ly, adv. -- Mop"ish*ness, n.

looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. Shak. Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely. Shak. -- Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. -- Mouth honor, honor given in wor…

To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds. B. Jonson.

To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.

To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following C. Renouvier. It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.

Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.] Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. Spenser.

The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.

To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage. I offer thee three things. 2 Sam. xxiv. 12.

That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. Lam. iii. 45.

Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer. Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope.

To eject; to turn out. Blackstone. From mine own earldom foully ousted me. Tennyson.

A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone. Ouster le main. Etym: [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king…

To cause to be out; to eject; to expel. A king outed from his country. Selden. The French have been outed of their holds. Heylin.

Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.