PROJECT', v.t. [L. projicio; pro, forward,and jacio, to throw.] 1. To throw out; to cast or shoot forward. Th' ascending villas Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.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.3. To draw or exhibit, as the form of any thing; to delineate.PROJECT', v.i. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to jut; to be prominent; as, the cornice projects.
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