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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1415|origins=la reiectus|origins=ine-pro *yeh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒɛkt/; /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ ''(UK)''; /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/, /ɹə-/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English rejecten, from Old French rejecter and directly [[bor|la|rēiectus]], past participle of rēicere, to throw back,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) or of its frequentative rēiectāre, to cast away, vomit,^(Etymonline) from re-, back, and -icere, the combining form of iacere, to throw (see [[jet]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *ye-, to throw, impel.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To cast out, dismiss, set aside, block from inheritance: about 1415 in Barnhart, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To refuse to recognize, submit to or adopt is from 1426 (the late 15th century in Etymonline).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) To throw away as undesirable or useless is a further sense, especially of a woman refusing a man as lover or husband (1580s),^(Etymonline) and to refuse something offered is by the 1660s.^(Etymonline) The medical sense, to show an immune response to a transplanted organ, is from 1953.^(Etymonline) The noun meant a refusal (1464) and a castaway (before 1555), both obsolete;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) a thing cast aside as unsatisfactory is from 1893,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and a person thought worthless from 1925, from military use for men unfit for service.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Rejection'' is from before 1464.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1415 – to cast out.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1426 – to refuse to recognize.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * before 1464 – rejection.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1580s – to refuse a suitor.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1893 – a thing rejected (noun).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1953 – to reject a transplant.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To refuse to accept, believe, consider or use.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To refuse to grant; to deny.^(AHD)

+ # To rebuff someone, or refuse them affection.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To discard as defective or useless.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of the body, to fail to accept a transplanted organ or tissue.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or thing rejected as unsatisfactory.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rejecter]]

+ * [[rejective]]

+ * [[rejectingly]]

+ * [[rejectable]]

+ * [[rejectee]]

+ * [[rejection]]

+ * [[rejectionist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eject]]

+ * [[inject]]

+ * [[project]]

+ * [[object]]

+ * [[jet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}