reject Copy link Outline 1. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to cast off2. rĕpŭdio, 1 (to put away from one, disdain)3. respuo, ui, 3 (to spit out4. aspernor, 1 (to spurn, kick away5. sperno, sprēvi, sprētum, 36. imprŏbo, 1 (to disapprove)7. reprŏbo, 1 (syn. with preced.)8. rĕpello, rĕpŭli (repp.), pulsum, 3 (mostly in poet.)9. explōdo, si, sum, 3 (to hiss off)10. ējĭcio, jēci, jectum, 311. āversor, 1 (to turn away from)12. rĕcūso, 113. abdĭco, 1 • reject: 1. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to cast off: constr. usu. with a or ab and refl. pron.): to r. anything, aliquid a se r., Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 204: to choose the good and r. the opposite, bona deligere et r. contraria, id. Leg. 1, 23, 60: to r. the remaining kinds of divination, reliqua divinationis genera r., id. Div. 1, 3, 5: to r. (i. e. challenge) judges, r. judices, id. Planc. 17, 41: to r. a wooer, r. petentem, Ov. M. 9, 513: to contemn or r. the Medea of Ennius, spernere aut r. Ennii Medeam, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4. 2. rĕpŭdio, 1 (to put away from one, disdain): to r. a match, r. conditionem, Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 54: to r. an inheritance, r. hereditatem, Papin. Dig. 37, 77, § 31: to r. prayers and entreaties, r. vota et preces, Cic. Clu. 70, 201: suppliant nobility has never been r.'d, nunquam nobilitas supplex repudiata fuit, id. Planc. 20, 50. 3. respuo, ui, 3 (to spit out: a very strong expr.): to r. the terms, conditionem r., Caes. B. G. 1, 42: r. that which you are not, respue quod non es, Pers. 4, 51: what the ears r. must be changed, quod aures respuant, immutandum est, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 15. 4. aspernor, 1 (to spurn, kick away: often joined to the preced.): the taste r.s and refuses that which is excessively sweet, gustatus id quod valde dulce est aspernatur ac respuit, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99: Fat. 20, 47. 5. sperno, sprēvi, sprētum, 3: r. common food, sperne vilem cibum, Hor. S. 2, 2, 15: v. despise, scorn. 6. imprŏbo, 1 (to disapprove): to r. both plans, utrumque i. consilium, Caes. B. C. 2, 31, init.: these tenets are r.'d by the Peripatetics, haec improbantur a Peripateticis, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: to give the power of approving or r.ing, potestatem probandi i.que permittere, id. Verr. 3, 76, 175. 7. reprŏbo, 1 (syn. with preced.): what nature chooses or r.s, quod natura asciscat et reprobet, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23. 8. rĕpello, rĕpŭli (repp.), pulsum, 3 (mostly in poet.): r.'d suitors, repulsi proci. Ov. M. 13, 735: to r. our alliance, r. connubia nostra, Virg. Aen. 4, 214: to r. the emblem of royalty, insigne regium r., Vell. 2, 56, 4. 9. explōdo, si, sum, 3 (to hiss off): common life has already r.'d this, hoc vita jam communis explosit, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86. Join: explosus ejectusque, id. Fin. 5, 8, 23. 10. ējĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: not to r. acquired skilfulness, artificium non e., Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 146: a r.'d (unsuccessful) man, ejectus homo, id. Quint. 19, 62. 11. āversor, 1 (to turn away from): to r. one's prayers, a. preces, Liv. 3, 12: to r. an afflicted friend, afflictum a. amicum, Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 5. 12. rĕcūso, 1: v. refuse. 13. abdĭco, 1: freq. in Plin.: e. g. 23, 1, 13. Phr.: to r. gifts, dona relegare, Cic. Rep. 3, 28: to r. on oath the jurisdiction of a court, forum iniquum sibi ejurare, id. Verr. 3, 60, 137: a marriage that ought to be r.'d, repudiosae nuptiae, Pl. Pers. 3, 1, 56: to r. what they do not understand, damnare quae non intelligunt, Quint. 10, 1, 26: he r.'d divination altogether, divinationem funditus sustulit, Cic. Div. 1, 3, 5: to r. the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, sententiam de animorum immortalitate non probare, id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79: the opinion of neither is to be wholly r.'d, neutrorum omnino contemnenda sententia, id. Off. 1, 21, 70. N.B.--Cic. translates ἀποπροηγμένα (things which ought to be r.'d) variously, rejicienda, Fin. 5, 26, 78; rejectanea, ib. 4, 26, 72; rejecta, remota, ib. 3, 15, 52: recusabilis occurs in Tert.