— rejectable , adj. — rejecter , n. — rejective , adj.
v. /ri jekt"/ ; n. /ree"jekt/ , v.t.
1. to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
2. to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
3. to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff: The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.
4. to discard as useless or unsatisfactory: The mind rejects painful memories.
5. to cast out or eject; vomit.
6. to cast out or off.
7. Med. (of a human or other animal) to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue): If tissue types are not matched properly, a patient undergoing a transplant will reject the graft.
n.
8. something rejected, as an imperfect article.
[ 1485-95; (v.) rejectus, ptp. of rejicere to throw back, equiv. to re- RE- + jec-, comb. form of jacere to throw + -tus ptp. suffix ]
Syn. 1. See refuse 1 . 1, 2 . deny. 3. repel, renounce. 4. eliminate, jettison. 8. second.