abject
To cast off or out; to reject, especially as contemptible or inferiorTo cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
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Translations
1 languagesMeaning
3 senses(archaic, transitive)To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
(archaic, transitive)To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
(archaic, transitive)Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
Origin
From Late Middle English abjecten (“to cast out, expel”) [and other forms], from abiect, aFrom Late Middle English abjecten (“to cast out, expel”) [and other forms], from abiect, abject (adjective) (see etymology 1).
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Forms
abjects, abjecting, abjected, abjectedTenses
abject · abjected · will abject · have abjectedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.