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    Ejaculate (?), v. 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]

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    Its active rays ejaculated thence. Blackmore.

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    2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, “to ejaculate a prayer”.

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    Ejaculate (?), v. i.
    1. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] “Ejaculating to himself.” Sir W. Scott.

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    2. to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus.

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