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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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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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