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Rejected is a 2000 short animated film. Rejected may also refer to: Rejected (EP) , a 2005 EP by Ben Jelen Rejected (horse) , an American Thoroughbred racehorse The Rejected , a 1961 made-for-television documentary about homosexuality
Wiktionary
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vb. (en-past of: reject )
WordNet
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adj. cast off as valueless [syn: castaway(a) ] rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar" [syn: jilted , spurned ] something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected merchandise"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] To cast from one; ...
Usage examples of rejected.
Nearly all the ministers coincided in his views, and petitions, which poured into the house from all parts against the stamp act, and which had been imperiously rejected by the late cabinet, were received with all due deference.
They rejected the one sent over this year, and although they voted a more liberal supply of their own freewill, the lord-lieutenant would not recognise the newly-claimed right.
Lord North, Sir Fletcher Norton, and Charles James Fox took the same side of the question, and the amendment was rejected by a majority of 254 to 138.
There was no attempt, however, to prove corruption, and the motion was rejected, as unfair in its attempt to deprive individuals of the rights of British subjects, on the mere presumption of venality.
The house divided at midnight, when the petition was rejected by a large majority.
In the house of lords, it was strongly opposed, and rejected by a majority of 102 against 29.
The message conveying this resolution was indignantly rejected by the governor, who disclaimed all power of determining on such cases, and as the house persevered in attempting to force it on him under a different form, he dissolved the assembly.
On the other hand, the Earl of Sandwich moved that the bill should be at once rejected with the contempt it deserved.
Upon a division, the bill was rejected by a majority of sixty-one against thirty-two.
The amendment was rejected by a majority of two hundred and seventy-eight against one hundred and eight, and the original question was then carried without a division.
About the same time the Bill of Indemnity passed the lower house, but in the upper house it was rejected, on the grounds that it was alike unnecessary and dishonourable to the administration.
On the third reading several amendments were moved, but were all rejected, and it was finally carried with a rider, proposed by Sir George Saville, limiting the duration of the bill to seven years.
English country gentlemen, and was finally rejected by a majority of one hundred and twelve against ninety-five.
The advice, however, was rejected, and Lord Barrington was only prevented resigning office by the express desire of the king.
This was rejected by a majority of fifty-six against twenty-two, and the noble mover then made another motion, that Mr.