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Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)Make sad or dispirited.
deprimieren, bedrücken, betrüben
обескура́живатьobeskuráživatʹ, удруча́тьudručátʹ, угнета́тьugnetátʹ
пригнічуватиpryhničuvaty, засмучуватиzasmučuvaty
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
To debase or humble.
(obsolete, transitive)To cast downward.

Translations

3 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

make sad or dispirited:

Русский

By meaning 1

make sad or dispirited:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

make sad or dispirited:

Origin

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”)

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).

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Forms

dejects, dejecting, dejected, dejected

Base form	deject · to deject
3rd person singular	dejects
Present participle	dejecting
Past simple	dejected
Past participle	dejected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	deject
he, she, it	dejects

Past simpleLesson

all persons

dejected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have dejected
he, she, it	has dejected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will deject

Word family

4 related words

Relateddejection

Deriveddejectable dejecter dejectly

Lessons 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 dictionary

dehydration deify deign deity del delayA2 dele

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