dejecter

[Eng. deject; -er.] One who de jects, debases, or casts down. (Cotgrave) dě-ject-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DEJECT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making dejected or depre ed; dejection. dě-jěc-tion, s . [Fr. déjection , from Lat. dejectio , from deject us .] IMG:content-2063.png:[blocks in formation] #1. The act of humbling or abasing one's self in reverence before any person or thing. "Adoration implies submi ion and dejection ."-Pearson: On the Creed. 2. Lowne of spirits; depre ion of mind; dejectedne . "As high as we have mounted in delight In our dejection do we sink as low." Words worth: Resolution and Independence. *3. A state of weakne or inability. "The effects of an alkalescent state, in any great de 1318 děk'-le, s. [DECKLE.] Paper - making: 1. A curb which determines the margin of the sheet of pulp in hand-made paper. 2. A strip, sometimes of caoutchouc, lying on the edge of the traveling cloth in a Fourdrinier machine, and forming the edge of the sheet. děl., pret. of v. An abbreviation for delineavit = he drew, placed on engravings with the name of the draughtsman.