Injected

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

  Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Injected}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Injecting}.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
     throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
     See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
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     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.
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     2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
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              C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
              same scrupulous demurs.               --Milton.
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     3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]
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              And mound inject on mound.            --Pope.
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     4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid
        or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
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     5. to add in; to insert; to interject; as, to inject a
        comment into the conversation; to inject humor into a
        tense situation.
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