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English Dictionary: inject by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inject
v
  1. give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
    Synonym(s): inject, shoot
  2. to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"
  3. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
    Synonym(s): inject, shoot
  4. take by injection; "inject heroin"
  5. feed intravenously
  6. to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"
    Synonym(s): interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injected}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Injecting}.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
      throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
      See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
      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.
  
                     C[91]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
                     same scrupulous demurs.                     --Milton.
  
      3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
  
                     And mound inject on mound.                  --Pope.
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