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   Eject (?), 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.
   
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   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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   Eject (?), 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.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]