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Webster 1913 Edition
Inject
In-ject′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Injected
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Injecting
.] [L.
injectus
, p. p. of inicere
, injicere
, to throw in; pref. in-
in + jacere
to throw: cf. F. injecter
. See Jet
a shooting forth.] 1.
To throw in; to dart in; to force in;
as, to
inject
cold water into a condenser; to inject
a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject
morphine with a hypodermic syringe.2.
Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny,
injected
the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
3.
To cast or throw; – with on.
[R.]
And mound
inject
on mound. Pope.
4.
(Anat.)
To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance;
as, to
. inject
the blood vesselsWebster 1828 Edition
Inject
INJECT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To throw in; to dart in; as, to inject any thing into the mouth or stomach.2.
To cast or throw on. --And mound inject on mound.
Definition 2024
inject
inject
English
Verb
inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)
- (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
- The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
- (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
- Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
- Milton
- Caesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.
- (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
- Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.
- to inject the blood vessels
- (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
- It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
- (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
- 1996 November 11, David Taillé <taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, Usenet, message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>:
- Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).
- 1999 August 23, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein <osvaldo@visionnaire.com.br>, “Java is Going to Be the Death of Java”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy, Usenet, message-ID <001b01beed13$76a66350$450510ac@mde.emn.fr>:
- As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.
- 2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, ISBN 1931836876, page 146:
- A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as
'a.
- A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as
- 2007, Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen, “XSS Theory”, in XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense, ISBN 1931836876, page 86:
- DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser.
- 2010, Andrew Moore, “AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It”, in Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies, ISBN 9780470539439, page 410:
- The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself.
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- (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
- Alexander Pope
- And mound inject on mound.
- Alexander Pope
Related terms
Translations
to push or pump something in
to introduce something sudddenly or violently
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to administer an injection to
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to take or be administered something by means of injection