Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRO-JECT', v.t. [L. projicio; pro, forward, and jacio, to throw; It. progettare; Fr. projeter; Sp. proyectar.]

1. To throw out; to cast or shoot forward. Th' ascending villas / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. – Pope.
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. – Milton.
3. To draw or exhibit, as the form of any thing; to delineate.