Deject, vb. to depress, to lower: “nor once d. the courage of our minds,” Troil. II, 2, 121. Partic. --ed, a) == lowered, humbled: “you have the start of me, I am --ed,” Wiv. V, 5, 171. “the lowest and most --ed thing of fortune,” Lr. IV, 1, 3. “the --ed state wherein he is,” Per. II, 2, 46. b) == cast down, lowspirited: “this --ed Mariana,” Meas. III, 1, 277. “the --ed haviour of the visage,” Hml. I, 2, 81. “Antony is valiant, and --ed,” Ant. IV, 12. Ant. IV, 12
Partic. deject: “reason and respect make livers pale and lustihood d.” Troil. II, 2, 50. “and I, of ladies most d. and wretched,” Hml. III, 1, 163.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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