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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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