From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ejaculate
n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {semen}, {seed},
{seminal fluid}, {ejaculate}, {cum}, {come}]
v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He
blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: {blurt out}, {blurt},
{blunder out}, {blunder}, {ejaculate}]
2: eject semen
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