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  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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