objected

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Object \Ob*ject"\ ([o^]b*j[e^]kt"), 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.] [1913 Webster]

Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.— Fairfax.[1913 Webster]
Some strong impediment or other objecting itself.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]
Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and condensed the skies.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. [1913 Webster]

He gave to him to object his heinous crime.— Spencer.[1913 Webster]
Others object the poverty of the nation.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.— Whitgift.[1913 Webster]
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