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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 vessels
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inject

INJECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. injectus, injicio; in and jacio, to throw.]
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.

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