資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reject \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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

rejected
     adj 1: cast off as valueless [syn: {castaway(a)}]
     2: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar"
        [syn: {jilted}, {spurned}]
     3: something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected
        merchandise"