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Inject [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To throw in; to dart in; as, to inject any thing into the mouth or stomach.

2. To cast or throw on.

3. --And mound inject on mound.

Inject [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

3. To cast or throw; -- with on.

4. To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.

Injected [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Thrown in or on.

Injected [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Injecting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Throwing in or on.

Injecting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Injection [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of throwing in, particularly that of throwing a liquid medicine into the body by a syringe or pipe.

2. A liquid medicine thrown into the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster.

3. In anatomy, the act of filling the vessels of an animal body with some colored substance, in order to render visible their figures and ramifications.

Injection [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.

2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.

3. The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.

4. A specimen prepared by injection.

5. The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.

6. The cold water thrown into a condenser.

Injector [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, injects.

2. A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.