noun
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Homographs:
reject² /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/
— verb
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From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).