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Webster 1913 Edition
Ejaculate
E-jac′u-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ejaculated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ejaculating
.] [L.
ejaculatus
, p. p. of ejaculari
to throw out; e
out + ejaculari
to throw, fr. jaculum
javelin, dart, fr. jacere
to throw. See Eject
.] 1.
To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.
[Archaic or Technical]
Its active rays
ejaculated
thence. Blackmore.
2.
To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse;
as, to
. ejaculate
a prayerE-jac′u-late
,Verb.
I.
1.
To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
[R.]
“Ejaculating to himself.” Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ejaculate
EJAC'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
To throw out; to cast; to shoot; to dart; as rays of light ejaculated.
It is now seldom used, except to express the utterance of a short prayer; as,he ejaculated a few words.