Associations to the word «Deject»
Wiktionary
DEJECT, verb. (transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
DEJECT, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To cast down.
Dictionary definition
DEJECT, verb. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.