verb (used with object)
- to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position: The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting.
- to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
- to evict, as from property.
- to throw out, as from within; throw off.
verb (used without object)
- to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat: When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.
verb
- (tr) to drive or force out; expel or emit
- (tr) to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess
- (tr) to dismiss, as from office
- (intr) to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
- (tr) psychiatry to attribute (one’s own motivations and characteristics) to others
mid-15c., from Latin eiectus “thrown out,” past participle of eicere “throw out,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + -icere, comb. form of iacere “to throw” (see jet (v.)). Related: Ejected; ejecting.