From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
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1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
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Before his feet herself she did project. --Spenser.
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Behold! th' ascending villas on my side
Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. --Pope.
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2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to
devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
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What sit then projecting peace and war? --Milton.
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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.
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