'Ejaculating' definitions:

Definition of 'Ejaculating'

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  • Ejaculate \E*jac"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.]
  • 1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject. [Archaic or Technical] [1913 Webster]
  • Its active rays ejaculated thence. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer. [1913 Webster]

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