Part 2883

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.</def>

<blockquote>What besides, Of sorrow, and <b>dejection</b>, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A low condition; weakness; inability.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>dejection</b> of appetite. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The discharge of excrement.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>F\'91ces; excrement.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Dejectly</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*ject"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Dejectedly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dejectory</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*jec"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dejector</ets> a dejecter.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having power, or tending, to cast down.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Promoting evacuations by stool.</def>

<i>Ferrand.</i>

<h1>Dejecture</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*jec"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is voided; excrements.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Dejerate</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Dej"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dejeratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dejerare</ets> to swear; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>jurare</ets> to swear.]</ety> <def>To swear solemnly; to take an oath.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Dejeration</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Dej`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dejeratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of swearing solemnly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>D\'82jeun\'82</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>D\'82`jeu`n\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A d\'82jeuner.</def>

<blockquote>Take a <b>d\'82jeun\'82</b> of muskadel and eggs. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>D\'82jeuner</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>D\'82`jeu`ner"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82jeuner</ets> breakfast, as a verb, to breakfast. Cf. <er>Dinner</er>.]</ety> <def>A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.</def>

<h1>De jure</h1> <Xpage=384>