Ejaculated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ejaculate \E*jac"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ejaculated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Ejaculating}.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of
     ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr.
     jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See {Eject}.]
     1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart;
        to eject. [Archaic or Technical]


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              Its active rays ejaculated thence.    --Blackmore.
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     2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and
        sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.
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