rejectv. t.[L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]()1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.()Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. (Robynson (More's Utopia).)Reject me not from among thy children. (Wisdom ix. 4.)2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.()That golden scepter which thou didst reject. (Milton.)Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. (Hos. iv. 6.)3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.()()