Proj"ect (?; 277), n. [OF.
project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p. of
projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to
throw. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Projet.]
1. The place from which a thing projects, or
starts forth. [Obs.] Holland.
2. That which is projected or designed;
something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
Vented much policy, and projects
deep.
Milton.
Projects of happiness devised by human
reason.
Rogers.
He entered into the project with his customary
ardor.
Prescott.
3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design;
as, a man given to projects.
Syn. -- Design; scheme; plan; purpose. -- Project,
Design. A project is something of a practical nature
thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is
a project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An
ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound
sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See also
Scheme.
Pro*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F.
projeter.]
1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot
forth.
Before his feet herself she did
project.
Spenser.
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side
Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
Pope.
2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to
contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a
plan.
What sit then projecting peace and
war?
Milton.
3. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the
form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map,
an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon,
into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane.
See Projection, 4.
Pro*ject" (?), v. i.
1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond
something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice
projects; branches project from the tree.
2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.]
Fuller.
