Dictionary entry

Ejaculate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E‐jac″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ejaculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ejaculating.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.] 1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

Its active rays ejaculated thence. Blackmore.

2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.