Dictionary entry

Eject

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E‐ject″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n.Ejecting.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] 1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. “Eyes ejecting flame.” H. Brooke.

2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

Syn. — To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.