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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)
+ It is [[inh|enm|rejecten]], from [[fro|rejecter]] and directly [[bor|la|rēiectus]], past participle of [[m|la|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 [[m|la|iacere]], to throw (see [[jet]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*ye-]], to throw, impel.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==