ject suffix definition
These ROOT-WORDS are JAC, JEC & JECT meaning THROW & LIE. An oddity about this ROOT is that it never stands alone, as other ROOTS do. Standing alone, it has no meaning. It is entirely dependent on prefixes and suffixes to be meaningful. 1. Dejected: de JECT ed (de jektâ ed) adj. Low in spirits; cast down 2. Dejection: de JECT ion (de jekâ shun) n. A condition of despair; depression 3. Adjacent: ad JAC ent (ad jasâ ent) adj. Next to; as, the adjacent house 4. Adject: ad JECT (a jektâ) v. To add to; to annex 5.