inject

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=ject

CIDE DICTIONARY

inject, v. t. [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.  [1913 Webster]

  "Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cast or throw; -- with on.  [1913 Webster]

  "And mound inject on mound."  [1913 Webster]
•  To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.  [1913 Webster]
•  to add in; to insert; to interject; as, to inject a comment into the conversation; to inject humor into a tense situation.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inject, v.tr.
1 Med. a (usu. foll. by into) drive or force (a solution, medicine, etc.) by or as if by a syringe. b (usu. foll. by with) fill (a cavity etc.) by injecting. c administer medicine etc. to (a person) by injection.
2 place or insert (an object, a quality, etc.) into something (may I inject a note of realism?).

Derivative

injectable adj. & n. injector n.

Etymology

L injicere (as IN-(2), jacere throw)

THESAURUS

inject

animate, bathe, brew, bring in, douche, drench, drive in, drouk, ease in, embue, enliven, exhilarate, fire, flush, force in, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infect, infiltrate, inform, infuse, inoculate, insert, insinuate, inspire, inspirit, interject, introduce, intromit, lave, leach, lixiviate, macerate, percolate, perfuse, permeate, pop in, put in, rinse, saturate, seethe, set in, slip in, soak, sodden, sop, souse, spirit, spirit up, steep, stick in, throw in, tuck in, wash, waterlog, whip in

ROGET THESAURUS

inject

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.