Dejected
(De*ject"ed), a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. —
De*ject"ed*ly, adv. — De*ject"ed*ness, n.
Dejecter
(De*ject"er) n. One who casts down, or dejects.
Dejection
(De*jec"tion) n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection.]
1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell.
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
Adoration implies submission and dejection.
Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
What besides,
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
Milton. 4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]
A dejection of appetite.
Arbuthnot. 5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray.
Dejectly
(De*ject"ly) adv. Dejectedly. [Obs.]
Dejectory
(De*jec"to*ry) a. [L. dejector a dejecter.]
1. Having power, or tending, to cast down.
2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
Dejecture
(De*jec"ture) n. That which is voided; excrements. Arbuthnot.
Dejerate
(Dej"er*ate) v. i. [L. dejeratus, p. p. of dejerare to swear; de- + jurare to swear.] To swear
solemnly; to take an oath. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Dejeration
(Dej`er*a"tion) n. [L. dejeratio.] The act of swearing solemnly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Déjeuné
(||Dé`jeu`né") n. [F.] A déjeuner.
Take a déjeuné of muskadel and eggs.
B. Jonson. Déjeuner
(||Dé`jeu`ner") n. [F. déjeuner breakfast, as a verb, to breakfast. Cf. Dinner.] A breakfast; sometimes,
also, a lunch or collation.
De jure
(||De` ju"re) [L.] By right; of right; by law; — often opposed to de facto.
Deka-
(Dek"a-) (Metric System) A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-.
Dekagram
(Dek"a*gram) n. Same as Decagram.
Dekaliter
(Dek"a*li`ter) n. Same as Decaliter.
Dekameter
(Dek"a*me`ter) n. Same as Decameter.
Dekastere
(Dek"a*stere`) n. Same as Decastere.
Dekle
(De"kle) n. (Paper Making) See Deckle.
