Eject Definition
ĭ-jĕkt
ejected, ejects
verb
ejected, ejects
To throw out; cast out; expel; emit; discharge.
The chimney ejects smoke.
Webster's New World
To compel to leave.
Ejected the bar patron who started a fight.
American Heritage
To drive out; evict.
To eject a heckler.
Webster's New World
To be ejected from an aircraft as by means of an ejection seat.
Webster's New World
To disqualify or force (a player or coach) to leave the playing area for the remainder of a game.
American Heritage
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noun
A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
When the tape stops, press eject.
Wiktionary
(psychology) (by analogy with subject and object) An inferred object of someone else's consciousness.
Wiktionary
Origin of Eject
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From Latin ēiectus, from e-, combining form of ex- (“out”) + iectus, variant form of iactus, perfect passive participle of iacere (“to throw”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ejecten from Latin ēicere ēiect- ē-, ex- ex- iacere to throw yē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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