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.
Derivatives:
rejectable adj. rejecter n. (also rejector). rejection n. rejective adj.
Etymology: ME f. L rejicere reject- (as RE-, jacere throw)