ejaculate



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


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]
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            Its active rays ejaculated thence.    --Blackmore.
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   2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and
      sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Ejaculate \E*jac"u*late\, v. i.
   1. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty
      exclamations. [R.] "Ejaculating to himself." --Sir W.
      Scott.
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   2. to eject semen; -- of a male animal (esp. a human or other
      mammal) during coitus.
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