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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.]
   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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   To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.
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2.       
   Ejaculate , v. i.
   To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] “Ejaculating to himself.”  
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other mammal) during coitus.
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