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third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected
(transitive) To refuse to accept. quotations examples
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. examples
To refuse a romantic advance. quotations examples
It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit
2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen (lyrics and music), “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka
plural rejects
Something that is rejected. examples
(derogatory, slang) An unpopular person.
(colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line. quotations examples
In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia.
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, page 6
(aviation) A rejected takeoff. examples