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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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