Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Injecting.]
[L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
See Jet a shooting forth.]
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1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.
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2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
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C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.
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3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
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And mound inject on mound. --Pope.
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4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid
or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
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5. to add in; to insert; to interject; as, to inject a
comment into the conversation; to inject humor into a
tense situation.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "inject":
animate, bathe, brew, bring in, douche, drench, drive in, drouk,
ease in, embue, enliven, exhilarate, fire, flush, force in, imbrue,
imbue, impregnate, infect, infiltrate, inform, infuse, inoculate,
insert, insinuate, inspire, inspirit, interject, introduce,
intromit, lave, leach, lixiviate, macerate, percolate, perfuse,
permeate, pop in, put in, rinse, saturate, seethe, set in, slip in,
soak, sodden, sop, souse, spirit, spirit up, steep, stick in,
throw in, tuck in, wash, waterlog, whip in
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Injecting.]
[L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
And mound inject on mound. --Pope.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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