Re‐ject″ (r?–j?kt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n.Rejecting.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting... the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.
2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton.
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hos. iv. 6.
3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Syn. — To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.