Hypertext Webster Gateway: "objecting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Object \Ob*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Objected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Objecting}.] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to
throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) + jacere to
throw: cf. objecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to
oppose. [Obs.]

Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose
loss so great and harmful can not prove. --Fairfax.

Some strong impediment or other objecting itself.
--Hooker.

Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and
condensed the skies. --Pope.

2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of
accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or
adverse reason.

He gave to him to object his heinous crime.
--Spencer.

Others object the poverty of the nation. --Addison.

The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime
against such as are to be ordered. --Whitgift.


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