E"ject (?), n. [See Eject, v. t.]
(Philos.)
An object that is a conscious or living object, and hence not
a direct object, but an inferred object or act of a subject, not myself; -- a term invented by W. K.
Clifford.
E*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ejecting.]
[L. ejectus, p. p. of
ejicere; e out +
jacere to throw. See Jet a
shooting forth.]
1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or
drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a
room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. "Eyes ejecting flame." H. Brooke.
2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.
Syn.
-- To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.
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