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Ejaculation
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- 1 The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. countable, uncountable
"Thus far, we have given a general account of [Nicolas le Fèvre]'s theory. Further elaboration is to be found in his account of the generation of metals. Here it is suggested that it is light "which by its ejaculation and irradiation did imprint and stamp the Idea and Character of its vertue in water as in a general and convenient Matrix, to enable her afterwards to supply both matter and Form, Body and Spirit, Salt, Sulphur and Mercury, [and] all physical generations..."."
- 2 an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion wordnet
- 3 The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered. countable, uncountable
"They say no graces; but when their meal is on the table, they sit silent and in a thoughtful posture for a short time, waiting for an illapſe of the Spirit. If they are not moved to make any ejaculation, they begin to eat without more ado."
- 4 the discharge of semen in males wordnet
- 5 The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct or other body structure. countable, uncountable
"Dehiscence, or Ejaculation of Pollen or Seed.— The pollen of plants is the fecundating power, and consists of a number of small sacs, invisible to the naked eye, in which a fluid exists, which is analogous to the spermatic fluid in man and animals."
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- 6 The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct or other body structure.; A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid. countable, specifically, uncountable
"The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state."
Etymology
From French éjaculation, borrowed from Latin ēiaculārī.
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