Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.