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Inject
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe.
2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill. Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.] And mound inject on mound. Pope.
4. To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.