[re.ject] vt [ME, fr. L rejectus, pp. of reicere, fr. re- + jacere to throw--more at jet] (15c) 1 a: to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use "~ed the suggestion" "~ a manuscript" b: to refuse to hear, receive, or admit: rebuff, repel "parents who ~ their children" c: to refuse as lover or spouse
2. obs: to cast off
3: throw back, repulse
4: to spew out
5: to subject to immunological rejection syn see decline -- re.ject.er or re.jec.tor n -- re.ject.ing.ly adv -- re.jec.tive adj
[2]re.ject n (ca. 1555): a rejected person or thing; esp: one rejected as not wanted, unsatisfactory, or not fulfilling standard requirements