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   Inject (?), v. 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.]
   
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   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.”
   
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   2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
   
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   Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
   
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   3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
   
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   And mound inject on mound. Pope.
   
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   4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, “to inject the blood vessels”.
   
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   5. to add in; to insert; to interject; as, “to inject a comment into the conversation”; to inject humor into a tense situation.
   
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