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Webster 1913 Edition

Project

Proj′ect

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[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′

,
Verb.
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′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Project

PROJECT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. projicio; pro, forward,and jacio, to throw.]
1.
To throw out; to cast or shoot forward.
Th' ascending villas
Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
2.
To cast forward in the mind; to scheme; to contrive; to devise something to be done; as, to project a plan for paying off the national debt; to project an expedition to South America; to project peace or war.
3.
To draw or exhibit, as the form of any thing; to delineate.

PROJECT'

,
Verb.
I.
To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to jut; to be prominent; as, the cornice projects.

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