abjecting

Verb

abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected)

1. (archaic, transitive) To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
   • […] Dauid durſt not touch Saul, though he vvas abiected by God.1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Queene of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons...
2. (archaic, transitive) To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
   • What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul?a. 1632 (date written), John Donne, “Sermon IX. Preached on Candlemas Day.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1839...
3. (archaic, transitive) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).

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