v. & n.
v.tr. 1 put aside or send back as not to be used or done or complied with etc. 2 refuse to accept or believe in. 3 rebuff or snub (a person). 4 (of a body or digestive system) cast up again; vomit, evacuate. 5 Med. show an immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue) so that it fails to survive.
n. a thing or person rejected as unfit or below standard. rejectable adj. rejecter n. (also rejector). rejection n. rejective adj.
[ ME f. L rejicere reject- (as RE-, jacere throw) ]