2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.
EJACULATE
E*jac"u*late, v. i.
Defn: To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
[R.] "Ejaculating to himself." Sir W. Scott.
EJACULATION
E*jac`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. éjaculation.]
1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. [Archaic or Technical] "An ejaculation or irradiation of the eye." Bacon.
2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered. In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing. Jer. Taylor.
3. (Physiol.)
Defn: The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
EJACULATOR
E*jac"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [NL. See Ejaculate.] (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle which helps ejaculation.