objectn.

Brit.

/ˈɒbdʒᵻkt/,

/ˈɒbdʒɛkt/, U.S.

/ˈɑbdʒək(t)/

Forms: Middle English abiecte (probably transmission error), Middle English–1600s obiect, Middle English–1600s obiecte, Middle English– object, 1500s objecte, 1800s– objeck (regional and nonstandard); U.S. regional and nonstandard 1800s obgeck, 1800s obgik, 1800s objec, 1800s objec', 1800s objeckt; Scottish pre-1700 obiec, 1700s– object, 1800s objik, 1800s– objek, 1800s– objekd, 1900s– objick.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: object adj.; Latin obiectum; Latin obiectus.

Etymology: In branch I., partly < object adj., and partly < classical Latin obiectum something presented to the senses (compare sense 1a), in post-classical Latin also goal, aim (13th cent. in Aquinas), thing thrown before or presented to (the mind or thought) (Duns Scotus (a1308) Quaestiones de Anima 17. 14), use as noun of neuter singular of obiectus object adj. In branch II., partly < post-classical Latin obiectum objection (early 5th cent. in Augustine as plural obiecta ), probably a sense development of classical Latin obiectum (see above) charge, accusation (attested in plural obiecta ), and partly < classical Latin obiectus interposition, something interposed (see objectual adj.), equivalent in sense to objection n. 4, 5. Compare Middle French object, Middle French, French objet (see below).The French word displays the same spectrum of senses as the English word. With senses in branch I. compare Middle French, French objet something presented to the senses, something presented to the mind or thought (both c1375 in Oresme as object ; compare sense 1a), goal, aim (1433; compare sense 2a), a person who or thing which is the cause or motivation of a feeling (1556; compare sense 3), a thing which is perceived by the mind, a thing which exists independently of the mind (1647 in Descartes; compare sense 5), that which is directly governed by a transitive verb (1775; compare sense 6). With senses in branch II. compare Middle French objet objection, reproach (16th cent.; compare sense 8), obstacle (1552; compare sense 9). In sense 3 frequently equivalent to materia circa quem in Scholastic philosophy.

I. Senses relating to the presentation of something to the sight, senses, understanding, etc.

a. Originally: something placed before or presented to the eyes or other senses. Now (more generally): a material thing that can be seen and touched.In technical use: spec. the thing or body observed with an optical instrument; (also) the thing of which an image is produced by drawing or draughtsmanship.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [noun] > the objects of sense

objecta1398

sensuals1641

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object

thingOE

bodya1398

objecta1398

substance1525

cheat1567

solidity1604

article1618

material objecta1651

res extensa1652

extensum1678

businessa1684

animal1729

materiate1755

affair1763

thingy1787

fellow1816

concern1824

jockey1827

toy1895

yoke1910

doojigger1927

bitch1951

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 23^v The obiecte of þe yȝe is al þat may ben seyn, and al þat may ben herd is obiect to þe heringe.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 316 (MED) He woot well þat þise wittes han Obiectes many dyuerse whiche þeye knowe.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 39 (MED) Þe siȝt iugiþ of þingis beyng distaunt from him in long space, and he iugiþ how fer and how nyȝ þe þing seen is, which þing seen is clepid þe obiect of þe siȝt.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 79 That the earth..should give to the nose obiecte so swete Or minister scent so strong.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 70 His eye begets occasion for his wit, For euery obiect that the one doth catch, The other turnes to a mirth-moouing iest.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 829 Both Land and Water feasting varietie of senses with varietie of objects.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. i. 3 The cause of Sense, is the Externall Body, or Object, which presseth the organ proper to each Sense, either immediately, as in the Tast and Touch; or mediately, as in Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling.

1719 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 1017 A B is the Object suppos'd at a vast distance from the Ojective [sic] Lens.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 87 Children, from their very Birth, are daily growing acquainted, with the Objects about them.

1784–98 in Lect. Paint. (1848) v. 203 The apparent objects in pictures should appear neither improportional nor deformed, on account of the distances and heights of the objects painted.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 160 The torch's glare gave horrible indistinctness to objects.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 78 Several persons..producing different objects of value, declared that they had been given to them by the bishop.

1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie xxviii [The painter] looking up and finding no object in the focus of his eyes.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xviii. 177 Her foot knocked against a small object, which had apparently been lying close to the desk.

1946 Nature 10 Aug. 199/2 We have developed a new micro-method for X-ray diffraction investigation of biological objects.

2000 Dawn (Karachi) 16 Apr. (Mag. section) 2/6 He has stopped talking. Some strange object seems to have stuck-up in his throat.

†b. The presentation of something to the eye or perception. Cf. objection n. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [noun]

uppingc950

showingOE

propositiona1382

evidencec1384

musterc1400

manifestation?a1425

demonstrationc1450

ostension1474

demonstrance1509

ostentationa1513

forthsetting1528

apparition1533

manifesting1536

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objection1554

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display1661

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extraversion1675

exhibitiona1677

exertment1696

show-off1776

unfoldment1850

outcrop1854

outplay1859

eclosion1889

society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > a manifestation

showingOE

spectacle1483

ostentationa1513

demonstration1517

objection1554

manifest1561

reflection1590

object1609

manifestation1646

avatar1850

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 40 Reason flies the obiect of all harme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 19 The obiect of our misery, is as an inuentory to particularize their abundance.

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Βατραχομυομαχια in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 15 He aduancing..past all the rest arose In glorious obiect.

c. object of art = objet d'art n.Also: object of art and virtu (cf. sense 1d).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > objet d'art or curio

curiosity1645

virtu1746

article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu1755

object of art1830

objet d'art1840

chinoiserie1841

art object1848

curio1851

object of virtu1854

objet1857

objet de vertu1862

Japanesery1885

japonaiserie1896

Chinesery1907

1830 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 351 The profound and poetical study of the human form, which has long been, among artists, considered the measure and the perfection of every object of art.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) II. 238 I was reclining, in my customary state, surrounded by the various objects of Art which I have collected about me.

1879 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 6 Dec. (1911) II. 250 As an object of art, it is vile, but in an antiquarian point of view, most curious.

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. i. 66 I've brought you these objects of art and virtu to make the peace with you.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 447/1 His numerous objects of art and virtù, collected as an amusement without much discrimination, were sold in Oxford and London in 1915 and 1916.

1973 W. Just Congressman who loved Flaubert 119 The columnist treated Caroline as a singular object of art, a serene and delicate event.

1992 Art Newspaper 12 We were impressed with the quality of the objects of art in this concentrated collection.

d. object of virtu = objet de vertu n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > objet d'art or curio

curiosity1645

virtu1746

article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu1755

object of art1830

objet d'art1840

chinoiserie1841

art object1848

curio1851

object of virtu1854

objet1857

objet de vertu1862

Japanesery1885

japonaiserie1896

Chinesery1907

1854 Southern Q. Rev. July 20 He [sc. Caesar Augustus] had a covetous taste for gems, plate and objects of virtù.

1886 Cent. Mag. Sept. 736 Berry got his banjo down from the wall... ‘I don't believe it agrees with this banjo..being an object of virtue,’ he said.

1902 J. C. Snaith Wayfarers ii Every object of vertu that I ever possessed.

1984 ELH 51 678 The children..will..look upon her as a loving mother, and presto, that is what she will be–just as the prince once transformed her into an object of virtù by his admiring gaze.

a. A goal, purpose, or aim; the end to which effort is directed; the thing sought, aimed at, or striven for. Cf. objective adj. 4b. the object of the exercise: the point or purpose of something. Cf. exercise n. 8h.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object

willeOE

errand?c1225

purposec1300

endc1305

emprisec1330

intentc1340

use1340

conclusionc1374

studya1382

pointc1385

causec1386

gamea1393

term?c1400

businessc1405

finec1405

intentionc1410

object?a1425

obtent?a1475

drift1526

intend1526

respect1528

flight1530

finality?1541

stop1551

scope1559

butt?1571

bent1579

aiming point1587

pursuitc1592

aim1595

devotion1597

meaning1605

maina1610

attempt1610

design1615

purport1616

terminusa1617

intendment1635

pretence1649

ettle1790

big (also great) idea1846

objective1878

objective1882

the name of the game1910

the object of the exercise1958

thrust1968

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 153 (MED) Euacuacioun for his obiecte only biheld plectoric concourse.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 196 How quickly nature falls into reuolt, When gold becomes her obiect ?

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 169 A Traveller is not to imagine pleasure his object.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 60 Rendring publick Good, an Object, and End, to every Member of the Society.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xiv. p. clxxv The first object..is to prevent..all sorts of offences.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 330 The objects of a financier are..to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment..to employ it œconomically [etc.] .

1821 D. Stewart Diss. Progress Philos. (1858) ii. iv. 317 The profession of Bayle..made it an object to him to turn to account even the sweepings of his study.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 125 When you have heard the object of our visit.

1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot ii. xvi. 127 To tear him out of her heart—that was her constant object.

1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 73 He crossed Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street, walking without any particular object except to take the air.

1988 Paragraph 11 211 The object of the game for the interrogator is to determine which of the other two is the man and which is the woman.

b. no object (also not an object): a thing not regarded as important; a factor which presents no obstacle or which does not need to be taken into account.For discussion of the development of this usage see C. T. Onions in Soc. Pure Eng. Tract (1931) xxxvi. 531–4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > types of

a chip in porridge1647

no object (also not an object)1782

1782 Morning Herald 20 May 4/2 (advt.) A Gentlewoman..wishes to superintend the family of a single Gentleman or Lady..and salary will be no object.

1796 Deb. Congr. U.S. 7 Apr. (1849) 878/2 Enjoying..unexampled prosperity,..the expense of completing the frigates could be no object to the country.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vii. 126 The money is nothing, it is not an object, but employment is the thing.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 67/2 Where every convenience is obtainable, and expense no object.

1871 Eng. Mechanic 20 Jan. 431/1 The colour of the solder is no object, as the joint will be hidden.

1891 C. E. L. Riddell Mad Tour 3 The time when distance was, as the advertisements say, ‘no object’.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 101 If time is not an object, a long continued period of soaking (24 hours) will answer the same purpose.

1926 A. Bennett Ld. Raingo ii. lxxii. 326 ‘I'm thinking of going back to town now, sir... Unless of course you'd like me to stay.’ ‘No object in staying,’ Sam murmured, as if in disgust.

1930 London Mercury Nov. 45 Distance being no object..scenes in Siam can be..transmitted.

1988 Observer 8 May (Colour Suppl.) 19/4 If you asked every Grand Prix team, money no object..,every single one would choose Alain Prost as their number one.

3. A person or thing to which a specified action, thought, or feeling is directed; the person or thing to which something is done, or on which something acts or operates. Usually with of or a possessive.

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the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > matter of thought > [noun]

object?a1425

stuff1604

thought-object1838

thinkable1852

thoughtstuff1871

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional attitude > [noun] > that to which emotion is directed

object?a1425

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > subjecting to an action or process > undergoing or reception of action > one who or that which

object?a1425

worka1425

passivea1500

patienta1550

sufferer1587

undergoer1601

operatee1829

experiencer1862

experient1899

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > object or that to which thought is directed

object?a1425

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 158 (MED) If sche..go to goostly delectacioun in her owne maner and not aftir my maner..sche seeþ þat obiecte, or þe cause of her deliyt, is wiþdrawe.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cix. 59 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 177 Want and woe my life their obiect make.

1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions v. sig. H My daughter, whose perfect Image lyeth here carued in fine Christall, as the continuall obiecte of my griefe.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) v. sig. K3 My wisedome that has beene the obiect of mens admiration.

a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 12 I was the object of a tirrans ire.

1676 M. Clifford Treat. Humane Reason in Phenix (1708) II. 547 Matters that concern Religion..being..a part of the Understanding's Object as much [as]..any other.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. i. 4 The Word Idea..being that Term, which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the Object of the Understanding when a Man thinks.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 462 This only object of my real care... In some few posting fatal hours is hurled From wealth.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. 16 The objects of dominion or property are things, as contradistinguished from persons.

1773 Observ. State Poor 47 He..will be deemed a proper object of public charity.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 84 The volume..which had formed the object of his study.

a1870 J. Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) ii. 32 The next object of notice..is the beach, or ‘strand’, inside the old quay.

1935 Nation (N.Y.) 15 May 562/2 He calls the object of his affection a ‘hot patootie’.

1963 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Sept. (1995) 326 Frodo had..produced a situation in which the object of his quest could be achieved.

1988 P. Toynbee End of Journey 185 How easily I become blind like this to everything except the immediate object of my attention.

4. A person who or thing which provokes admiration, pity, indignation, sorrow, etc.; a sight, a spectacle. Also colloquial (frequently depreciative): a pitiable, despicable, or ridiculous-looking person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sight or spectacle

sightc950

showingOE

spectacle1434

inspectionc1460

show1536

object1588

eyemark1595

theatre1606

theorya1626

exhibit1676

exhibition1786

something to see (or look at)1808

eyeful1858

spectacular1890

the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [noun] > object of pity

pity1572

object1588

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun] > that which causes emotion > one who or that which stirs the emotions > something causing particular emotion

object1588

1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. G2 Women are more glorious obiects.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 234 Produce their bodies... Seest thou this obiect Kent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 123 Sweare against Obiects, Put Armour on thine eares, and on thine eyes.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 568 To sit idle on the houshold hearth,..to visitants a gaze, Or pitied object .

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 31 Mar. 2/2 Objects..who would now move Horror and Loathing.

1718 R. Finlayson in Arbroath Documents (1923) Give to this poor distressed gentleman, being ane grate object, four shillings Scots.

1740 Bp. J. Butler Serm. Publ. Occas. ii. (note) Some poor objects will be sent thither in hopes of relief.

1788 E. Butler Jrnl. 1 Sept. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) 129 The Bowling green and banquetting room forms another object.

1826 Times (Electronic ed.) 3 May 4/6 Their apprentices [sc. chimney sweeps]..were..rendered objects for the remainder of their lives.

1839 W. McDoWall Poems 33 Poor helpless object, prest wi' care, That racks her mind.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour II. xvii. 270 The children are..breaking out again, in a way dreadful to look at. Forty-six is nothing but an Object—an Object—from insufficiency of diet.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xii. 117 A pretty-looking object you must have been!

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. v. 38 Hallo, young Jon! You're a nice object.

1935 I. Bennett Fishermen x The bairn was a gey sair vexation... Terrible yer only little un an objek and nae sign o' ony mair.

5. Philosophy. A thing which is perceived, thought of, known, etc.; spec. a thing which is external to or distinct from the apprehending mind, subject, or self. Opposed to subject n. 9. Cf. objective adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun]

huea1000

imagination1340

imagea1393

portraiturea1393

trowc1460

fume1531

imaginary1594

phantasm1594

trajection1594

representationa1602

idolum1619

object1651

tablature1661

fancy1663

representamen1677

phantom1686

presentment1817

fantasy1823

projection1836

visuality1841

thought-picture1844

imago1863

vestige1885

the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > objectivity > [noun] > object or that which is outside the self

object1651

objective1817

otherness1821

unself1822

non-ego1829

not-self1829

outsetting1880

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 379 Obiectum and subiectum..termes tua, Quhilkis ar..rife amange clerkis in scule.]

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. i. 3 The Thoughts of man are every one of them a Representation or Apparence, of some quality, or other Accident of a body without us; which is commonly called an Object.

a1670 G. Rust Disc. Truth (1682) 193 Concerning the truth of things, or Truth in the object.

1725 I. Watts Logick i. ii. §1 Every object of our idea is called a theme, whether it be a being or not-being; for not-being may be proposed to our..thoughts, as well as that which has a real being.

1765 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. (ed. 3) II. App. 499 Every thing we perceive, whether a being or a quality,..is with respect to the percipient termed an object.

1793 Monthly Rev. 11 498 Have the objects..in fact a real objective existence, independent of our mode of perceiving them?

1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 8 Every state of consciousness necessarily implies two elements at least; a conscious subject, and an object of which he is conscious.

1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) xxii. ix. 393 The constitution of the synthesis of all cognition is..subject and object, the word object being used in the most general sense in which it can be employed to signify any thing, or thought, or state of mind whatsoever, of which any intelligence may be cognisant.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 260/2 Both those thinkers start by assuming the distinction of subject and object, a distinction not immediately experienced but presupposing much naïve reflection.

1946 W. K. Wimsatt & M. C. Beardsley in D. Lodge 20th Cent. Lit. Crit. (1972) 340 For all the objects of our manifold experience, for every unity, there is an action of the mind which cuts off roots, melts away context—or indeed we should never have objects or ideas or anything to talk about.

1988 Mind 97 530 Numbers, if they are objects, do not exist in the physical world.

6. Grammar. A noun, noun phrase, pronoun, or clause which forms the complement of an active monotransitive verb; (also) either of the complements of an active ditransitive verb. Also: a word or phrase following and governed by a preposition. Cf. direct object: see direct n. adj., indirect object: see indirect adj. adj.A fundamental syntactic relation in many theories of sentence structure across languages.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > object

object1733

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Verb Verb Neuter, is that which signifies an Action that has no particular Object whereon to fall; but which of it self takes up the whole Idea of the Action.]

1733 J. Clarke New Gram. Lat. Tongue 69 The Accusative after a Verb Transitive, or a Sentence in Room thereof, is called, by Grammarians, the Object of the Verb.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 112 Verbs neuter do not act upon or govern words... They are therefore not followed by an objective case, specifying the object of an action.]

1853 C. Marcel Lang. as Means Mental Culture II. 26 The word denoting this complement of the action [of a transitive verb] is called object.

1877 W. D. Whitney Essent. Eng. Gram. iii. 32 We speak of both verbs and prepositions as governing in the objective the word that is their object.

1949 Amer. Speech 24 35 Compound nouns coined from a verb and its object are bore hole..swamp pole, and tattle tale.

1971 N. Chomsky Probl. of Knowl. & Freedom (1972) i. 32 In ‘I believed your testimony’, the noun phrase is the grammatical object of ‘believe’.

1994 Appl. Linguistics 15 196 Ergative verbs..have the same thing as their object, when transitive, and as their subject, when intransitive.

7. Computing. A distinct (or discrete) entity, as (a) a package of information (as a data structure definition) together with a description of its manipulation; (b) a single graphic image, or the data that produces such an image.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > by means of a computer

computer graphic1963

graphics1966

object1973

1973 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 18 1356 Each operating or programming system function is structured as an ‘external object’ or, more simply speaking an ‘object’.

1976 A. K. Jones & B. H. Liskov in IEEE Trans. Software Engin. 2 277/2 We assume that all data are contained in objects for which there exists a set of accesses.

1983 Dict. Computing 247/2 Objects are data structure in memory that may be manipulated by the total system (hardware and software); they provide a high-level description that allows for a high-level user interface.

1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. vi. 64/1 Text may be included in your graphics, and may be manipulated as straight text or as a graphic object.

1993 R. Rucker et al. Mondo 2000 (U.K. ed.) 243/1 The digitial paintbrush can change the color of a few objects—or the entire screen.

1998 Wired Aug. 133/2 Another intriguing model..is a radically simple way to organize communication between software objects.

†II. Senses relating to opposition or obstruction.

8. A statement introduced in opposition; an objection. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > an objection

objectionc1410

objecta1425

challenge1530

quarrel1579

demurrer1598

demurral1808

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 343 It is liȝt to assoile objectis aȝens þis.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 74 How Crist answeride to objectis of false Jewis.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas An obiect or obiection.

1823 J. Galt Entail II. xiv. 126 Ye should mak no objek, but conform.

9. Something put in the way; an interruption or obstruction; an obstacle, a hindrance. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle

hinderc1200

withsetting1340

obstaclec1385

traversea1393

mara1400

bayc1440

stoppagec1450

barrace1480

blocka1500

objecta1500

clog1526

stumbling-stone1526

bar1530

(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548

stumbling-stock1548

hindrance1576

a log in one's way1579

crossbar1582

log1589

rub1589

threshold1600

scotch1601

dam1602

remora1604

obex1611

obstructiona1616

stumbling-blocka1616

fence1639

affront1642

retardance1645

stick1645

balk1660

obstruent1669

blockade1683

sprun1684

spoke1689

cross cause1696

uncomplaisance1707

barrier1712

obstruct1747

dike1770

abatis1808

underbrush1888

bunker1900

bump1909

sprag1914

hurdle1924

headwind1927

mudhole1933

monkey wrench1937

roadblock1945

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 144 Þy frailte, wherof þou hast experience in many smale obiectes [L. in modicis obiectis] & contrariousnes.

a1564 T. Becon Compar. Lord's Supper & Mass in Prayers (1844) 380 The massmonger prateth and babbleth that the sacraments of the new law..to him that putteth not an object or let (I use the school-men's words), that is to say, to him that hath no actual purpose of deadly sin..give grace, righteousness, forgiveness of sins, the Holy Ghost.

10. The fact of being in the way; a throwing or putting in the way; interposition, obstruction. Cf. objection n. 4. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > action of placing between

interposition1412

object1526

objectionc1550

interplacing1567

interjecture1578

interlarding1581

interjecting1583

chopping1587

interjection1598

interpose1610

interlocation1611

interposal1625

intermission1628

interposure1628

intercalation1649

interposing1657

interpolation1849

sandwiching1877

intrapolation1956

1526 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 135 Wtheris [wounds] James eschewed be bowing his bodie and obiect of his cloick.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 118^v Those waters shulde bee turned aboute by the objecte or resystaunce of that lande [L. Unde credunt eas aquas obiectu magnæ telluris circumagi].

Compounds

C1.

object carrier n.

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1857 Househ. Words 14 Nov. 464/2 A selenite object-carrier, to be laid on the stage, and on which the object to be examined is laid.

1971 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 261 124 The specimen..is sandwiched between two gold disks conventionally used as object carriers.

1999 Metallurgia (Nexis) 1 Jan. 34 The object carrier is to a high degree adaptable to different test object geometries.

object-directedness n.

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1963 A. Kenny Action, Emotion & Will 195 How..can Brentano say that object-directedness is peculiar to psychological phenomena?

1983 Listener 6 Jan. 13/1 These four points that I have been making—about object-directedness, about part-objects versus whole objects..—are all points about the structure of the mind.

object-directed adj.

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1960 W. V. Quine Word & Object vii. 239 Some of us are carried away by the object-directed pattern of our thinking.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Oct. 70 (advt.) She argues cogently that taste has complex object-directed intentionality and cognitive content.

C2.

object ball n. Billiards, Croquet etc. the ball which a player intends to strike with his or her ball.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [noun] > ball as played

object ball1857

rover ball1863

player1868

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball in specific position

object ball1857

quarter ball1857

spot1857

player1868

cue-ball1873

object white1904

1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) ii. 16 The Object Ball is the ball struck at with your own.

1891 Graphic 2 May 486/2 Tom Taylor got the object-balls jammed in one of the corner pockets, and..made a break of 1467.

1993 Canad. Living Aug. 51/1 He smiles as the shooter spins off the object ball and knocks in the nine for another win.

object case n. Grammar a case constructed as or appropriate to the object of a verb (cf. accusative adj. 1a).

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > accusative

accusativec1400

accusative casec1400

objective1827

object case1875

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > accusative

accusative1625

objective1763

accusatival1842

object case1875

1875 J. H. Allen Lat. Composition 21 The Dative is to be used, along with Accusative, wherever in English two object-cases follow.

1927 E. A. Sonnenschein Soul of Gram. 10 There is no ambiguity in sentences like the following, though the object-case has the same form as the subject-case: ‘the lion beat the unicorn’.

1989 Future Computing Syst. 2 239 ‘Suki-da’ (‘like’) takes ‘ga’ as an object case marker instead of ‘wo’.

† object chart n. Obsolete a visual aid for use in object lessons.

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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > teaching aids > specific

abacusa1387

fescue1513

wand1589

feasetraw1595

pointer1658

sandboard1817

letter card1819

object chart1866

teaching specimen1881

realia1894

filmstrip1896

visual aid1911

flash card1923

flannelgraph1944

teaching machine1958

manipulative1965

kit1968

1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 256 By the use of Wilson's object-charts, together with other expedients upon the plan of object teaching, these children are rapidly learning to speak the English language [etc.].

1872 Rep. Indian Affairs 1871 (U.S.) 306 A new and original series of ‘object charts’ gotten up expressly for the Indians of Oregon by myself.

object choice n. Psychoanalysis a thing or (usually) a person external to the ego chosen as an object of desire.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > study of emotions > emotional care > [noun] > love for external object > object loved

object choice1920

1920 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 1 137 Such motivation of the homosexual object-choice must be by no means uncommon.

1965 P. L. Giovacchini in B. L. Greene Psychother. Marital Disharmony 43 The spouse, representing a heterosexual object choice, would ideally be associated with ego transactions.

1989 C. Squire Significant Differences (BNC) 83 This definition ignores the possibility that lesbianism might have different meanings; for some, it might be a matter of object choice but not of political or personal identity.

object clause n. Grammar a clause which is the object of a verb.

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c1850 E. A. Andrews Lat.-Eng. Lexicon 504 With an object-clause: periisse me una praeceptores.

1870 W. W. Goodwin Elem. Greek Gram. iii. 167 Object clauses depending on verbs signifying to strive for, to care for, to effect, regularly take the future indicative after both primary and secondary tenses.

1996 Appl. Linguistics 17 108 In run fourteen there is an embedded object clause ce qu'il était.

object code n. Computing code produced by a compiler or assembler.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > translator > result of translation

object program1959

object code1961

object language1961

target program1969

1961 Communications ACM 4 70/1 An intermediate language is being used for the object code of the compiling routines being developed at Berkeley.

1977 in C. S. French Computer Sci. (1980) 351 This is a load-and-go compiler, reading source code from a deck of punched cards and writing object code directly into core storage.

1994 Sci. Amer. Apr. 91/1 Decompilation attempts to run the process backward by translating the binary language, or object code, into something that resembles the high-level language, or source code, that the programmer originally created.

object complement n. Grammar a sentence element, usually a noun, noun phrase, adjective, or adjectival phrase, which complements the object of a verb, expressing the state or condition of the object at the time of, or resulting from, the action; cf. objective complement n. at objective adj. and n. Compounds.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > complement > specific

objective complement1870

object complement1898

recipient1899

1898 H. Sweet New Eng. Grammar II. 16 Object-complements naturally follow the object-word: they made him king, [etc.].

1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 550 Since these added adjectives or nouns do not affect the meaning of the verb, but are merely adjuncts to the object the term ‘object complement’ or ‘objective complement’..seems preferable to the appellation ‘predicative adjunct’.

1990 Noûs 24 670 I am concerned here with verbs of propositional attitudes, such as ‘seek’, in the object-complement construction.

object end n. the end of an optical instrument, esp. a telescope, closest to the object being viewed.

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1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 179 The most practicable method of using this micrometer to advantage, is, to apply the divided object-glass to the object-end of a reflecting telescope.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 359/2 Direct the object-end of the telescope successively to the station-staves held up on the different pickets.

1993 Air Gunner Nov. 61/2 And 14 inches away, at the object end, there's a parallax ring so you can fine-focus the image at whatever range you're shooting over.

object-finder n. now rare a device (as a slide marked with a lettered or numbered grid) for registering the position of an object on a mounted microscopic slide.

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1872 G. R. Cutter tr. H. Frey Microscope & Microsc. Technol. 225 (note) Various indicators or object-finders have been proposed for enabling one to find any particular place in a preparation.

1906 Science 14 Sept. 342/1 (heading) An object-finder for the micro-projection apparatus.

object lens n. Optics the lens or system of lenses in a telescope, microscope, etc., that is nearest to the object being viewed; cf. object-glass n., objective adj. 3.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > object glass

object-glass1663

object plate1664

object lens1693

objective1835

Stanhoscope1866

projection lens1894

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 731 Proceeding to several sorts [of telescopes], he describes the common one made with a Convex Object-Lens and Concave Eye-glass.

1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 170 An object-lens whose focal length is a little less.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 205 A tear so large that it magnified the pores of the skin over which it rolled, like the object-lens of a microscope.

2000 Watermark Catal. (RNLI) Christmas 14/1 Powerful..pocket telescope... The object lens is 30 mm in diameter.

object lesson n. (a) (now chiefly historical) a lesson in which a pupil's examination of a material object forms the basis for instruction; (b) figurative a striking practical example of a principle or ideal.

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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > a lesson > object lesson

lesson1822

object lesson1831

life lesson1838

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > instructive

object lesson1831

1831 C. Mayo Lessons on Obj. Pref. 9 The miscellaneous object lessons were abandoned.

1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper xii. 115 In the times of which we are writing, the Bridge furnished ‘object lessons’ in English history.

1896 A. H. Beavan Marlboro House xii. 210 Unhappy Charles! for all time, object-lesson of lost opportunities.

1991 Catalyst (Rover Cars) No. 1. 20/2 Rest areas on the freeways..are an object lesson in cleanliness.

object-libido n. Psychoanalysis the part of the libido which is directed to objects other than the ego or self.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [noun] > object other than ego

object-libido1920

1920 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 1 170 Paraphrenia differs from the psychoneuroses in that the object-libido is re-converted into ego-libido.

1955 J. Strachey et al. tr. S. Freud Compl. Wks. XVIII. 257 The transformation of object-libido into narcissism necessarily carried along with it a certain degree of desexualization.

1991 Representations No. 34. 92 The evidence for his [sc. Freud's] object-libido is the stock he puts in observation of external phenomena.

object-love n. Psychoanalysis love for something external to the ego or self.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > study of emotions > emotional care > [noun] > love for external object

object-love1918

1918 E. Jones Papers on Psycho-anal. (ed. 2) xviii. 332 The transference..like every ‘object love’, has its deepest root in the repressed parent-complex.

1924 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers II. 83 The sexual instinct passes on from auto-erotism to object-love.

1996 Camera Obscura (Nexis) Jan. 51 Freud insists upon a libidinal development through four stages—autoeroticism, narcissism, homosexuality, and object-love (heterosexuality).

object mirror n. Astronomy (now rare) = primary mirror n. at primary adj. and n. Compounds (cf. earlier object-speculum n.).

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1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 177 After the same manner may the double object mirror of a reflecting telescope for this use be proved.

1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1229/1 In reflecting telescopes the speculum, or mirror, performs the same office that the object-glass does in those of the refracting kind, and is therefore called the object-mirror.

1940–1 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 3 24 For technical reasons the requisite parabolic object-mirror could not be satisfactorily made.

object-object n. Philosophy an object (sense 5) which is external to or distinct from the person perceiving it.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > objectivity > [noun] > object or that which is outside the self > quality of an object

object-objecta1856

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlii. 432 An object known..may either be the quality of something different from the ego; or it may be a modification of the ego or subject itself. In the former case the object, which may be called..the object-object, is given as something different from the percipient subject.

1874 Scribner's Monthly May 77/2 I am the Author of the Work on the Subject-object as Differentiated from the Object-object.

1995 Amer. Imago (Nexis) 22 Dec. 463 This object, insofar as its purpose is to resurrect the mother in itself, is another object-object.

object-orientation n. Computing object-oriented computing, or the technology associated with this.

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1985 Electronics 10 July 84 To implement object-orientation in Prompter, Fukunaga developed his own programming language, Spool, an object-oriented extension of the AI programming language Prolog.

1995 Times 9 June 30/5 Object orientation is the technology for developing computer systems that emphasise modules and the re-use of software components.

object-oriented adj. Computing using a methodology in which a system is modelled as a set of objects (sense 7(a)) which can be controlled and manipulated in a modular manner.

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1973 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 18 1356 A decentralized object-oriented data management system is described.

1981 Science 1 May 530/3 This characteristic..is directly reflected in the design of the micromainframe by way of its object-oriented architecture.

1993 Computers & Humanities 37 277/1 His research interests span object-oriented information systems and environmental simulation modelling.

1998 Economist 21 Mar. 8/3 The 50% of programming you describe as object-oriented is actually component-based.

object plate n. the plate upon which an object is placed when examined under a microscope; (also) †an object glass (obsolete).

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > object glass

object-glass1663

object plate1664

object lens1693

objective1835

Stanhoscope1866

projection lens1894

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > parts of

object plate1664

slider1703

pout1832

indicator1837

substage1853

focuser1861

nosepiece1867

searcher1870

Abbe condenser1879

eyeshade1885

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 31 I..glew'd them to the object-plate, as I do stronger Insects with a touch of Turpentine.

1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 640 I perceived a soft white fibrous Substance, a small Portion of which I placed upon my Object-plate.

1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 135 The web of the wing was stretched out on the object plate, wetted on both sides with water, and covered with a thin plate of glass at the spot to be examined.

1959 Science 7 Mar. 539/2 (advt.) Instant transition from frozen to paraffin work by a mere change of object plate.

object program n. Computing a program into which some other program is translated by an assembler or compiler.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > translator > result of translation

object program1959

object code1961

object language1961

target program1969

1959 M. H. Wrubel Primer of Programming for Digital Computers vi. 128 At the end of the assembly or translation phase..the programmer is presented with a machine-language deck [of cards] called the ‘object program’.

1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xix. 304 In the most common systems for automatic coding, the translation from source program to object program is done in a separate computer run, called the compilation run.

1984 R. C. T. Lee et al. in C. R. Vick & C. V. Ramamoorthy Handbk. Software Engin. x. 230/1 After compiling, we have a machine-language object program, which we do not have after interpreting.

object pronoun n. Grammar a pronoun which is the object of a verb or which introduces an object clause.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > other specific types of pronoun

relativec1400

demonstrative pronounc1525

question word1878

object pronoun1885

pronoun object1889

common-sex pronoun1922

non-personal1925

1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 249 This is the only method of expressing in these dialects indeterminate ‘on’ of the French, in words which have infixed object pronoun.

1928 Mod. Lang. Notes 43 16 The construction is, of course, in harmony with the Latin usage where the predicate complement takes the case of the object pronoun after reflexive verbs.

1991 Appl. Linguistics 12 4/387 Several types of pre-verbal object pronouns exist in French.

object relations n. = object-relationship n.Frequently attributive, as object-relations theory, object-relations therapy, etc.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [noun] > relationship with object

object-relationship1926

object relations1951

1951 F. C. A. Koelin tr. E. Cassirer Philos. of Enlightenm. iii. 126 Two entirely different modes of object relations are involved in feeling and sense perception.

1991 Portfolio Mag. Summer 7 These infantile object relations are seen as the foundation of all later relations to the object.

1996 M. Stadter Object Relations Brief Therapy (2009) ix. 192 In describing time-unlimited object relations therapy Scharff and Scharff (1992) list signs of readiness for termination.

2013 G. Delisle Object Relations in Gestalt Therapy i. 7 It is pertinent to develop dialogue with the object relations theory of W. Ronald D. Fairbairn so that Gestalt therapy can..become a true therapeutic system [etc.].

object-relationship n. Psychoanalysis a relationship felt, or the emotional energy directed, by the self or ego towards a chosen object.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [noun] > relationship with object

object-relationship1926

object relations1951

1926 Brit. Jrnl. Med. Psychol. 6 292 The hetero-sexual stage, which is the most complete form of allo-erotic object relationship.

1946 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 27 31/2 From the point of view of object-relationship psychology, explicit pleasure-seeking represents a deterioration of behaviour.

1985 Yale French Stud. 219 The persecutory internal object-relationship is that of the internalized bad parents whom it is impossible to do without.

object-soul n. a spiritual dimension ascribed by animists to an inanimate object; a spirit believed by animists to reside in a material object.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pantheism > [noun] > animism > elements of

object-soul1872

1872 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 231 When this theory of object-souls is expanded into a general doctrine of spirits, the philosophic scheme of animism is completed.

1928 L. C. Wimberly Folklore in Eng. & Sc. Ballads i. 92 The Object-Soul. The ascription of personality to inanimate objects.

1950 M. J. C. Hodgart Ballads vi. 124 This implies a belief in reincarnation; or, as Wimberly calls it, the ‘object-soul’.

† object-speculum n. Obsolete the mirror in a reflecting telescope which receives and reflects the rays of light from the object.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > speculum

object-speculum1672

metal1693

speculum1704

mirror1762

reflector1815

1672 R. Hooke Diary 5 Aug. (1935) 4 Polisht an object speculum of 7 inches.

1781 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 96 The object-speculum or object-glass of a telescope.

1869 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 159 153 In the Cassegrain telescope there is an eyehole so adjusted that it excludes all light except what comes from the object-speculum.

† object-staff n. Obsolete rare = levelling staff n. at levelling n. Compounds.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 239/2 Object-staff, a staff the same height as the level, forming a sight to be viewed from thence in determining levels.

object-subject n. Philosophy rare an external object which is perceived or interpreted subjectively by the individual, and the existence of which is dependent on this relationship.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > matter or substance

substancea1398

first substance1551

subject1590

hypostasis1605

byss1649

body1651

substratum1651

support1660

general substance1697

supporter1697

substrate1730

object-subject1867

1855 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 541 The synthesis of something (whether material or not) other than self with self, or, in the author's favorite phrase, ‘object+subject’, is the minimum of cognition and conception.]

1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) II. 484 Pure thought and pure matter are unknown quantities, to be reached by no equation. The thought is necessarily and universally subject-object; matter is necessarily, and to us universally, object-subject. Thought is only called into existence under appropriate conditions; and in the objective stimulus, the object and subject are merged, as acid and base are merged in the salt.

1933 A. N. Whitehead Adventures of Ideas xi. 177 No topic has suffered more from this tendency of philosophers than their account of the object-subject structure of experience.

† object system n. Obsolete the system of teaching by object lessons.

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society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching

demonstration1742

bear-leading1766

royal road1793

tachydidaxy1846

object teaching1851

object system1862

methodic1864

community education1873

methodics1883

maieutics1885

type-system1901

direct method1904

spoon-feeding1905

play method1914

playway1914

project method1916

active learning1919

study skills1924

skit1926

free activity1929

hypnopaedia1932

sleep-teaching1932

chalk and talk1937

show-and-tell1941

demo1945

naming of (the) parts1946

team teaching1949

teleteaching1953

programming1954

audio-lingualism1961

immersion1965

dem1968

open learning1970

suggestopaedia1970

suggestopedy1970

distance learning1972

fast-tracking1972

paideia1982

tutorial1984

m-learning2001

1862 H. B. Wilbur Some Suggestions on Princ. & Methods of Elem. Instr. 17 I desire to notice a common error that many of the advocates of what is called the ‘object system of instruction’ have fallen into.

1878 Harper's Mag. Mar. 607/2 This school is too large for strictly Kindergarten Teaching; but the ‘object system’..was the one adopted.

object teaching n. now historical teaching by means of object lessons.

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society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching

demonstration1742

bear-leading1766

royal road1793

tachydidaxy1846

object teaching1851

object system1862

methodic1864

community education1873

methodics1883

maieutics1885

type-system1901

direct method1904

spoon-feeding1905

play method1914

playway1914

project method1916

active learning1919

study skills1924

skit1926

free activity1929

hypnopaedia1932

sleep-teaching1932

chalk and talk1937

show-and-tell1941

demo1945

naming of (the) parts1946

team teaching1949

teleteaching1953

programming1954

audio-lingualism1961

immersion1965

dem1968

open learning1970

suggestopaedia1970

suggestopedy1970

distance learning1972

fast-tracking1972

paideia1982

tutorial1984

m-learning2001

1851 A. de Tocqueville Amer. Instit. & their Influence 16 The First Lessons, by applying the system of object-teaching, renders the subject so attractive that a child, just able to read, may become deeply interested in it.

1945 C. V. Good Dict. Educ. 411/2 Teaching, object, a method of elementary-school teaching derived from the work of Pestalozzi in Europe and introduced into the United States at the Westfield, Massachusetts, State Teachers' College in 1848 and at Oswego, New York, in 1861.

1999 Amer. Lit. 71 273 John Dewey and Maria Montessori both combined this emphasis on manual training (or ‘object teaching’..) with an emphasis on the instructional possibilities of the home.

object white n. Billiards the white object ball.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball in specific position

object ball1857

quarter ball1857

spot1857

player1868

cue-ball1873

object white1904

1904 J. P. Mannock & S. A. Mussabini Billiards Expounded I. iii. 97 To enable the object-ball to go on to the baulk cushion and return up by the object-white.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 19 June 7/2 He got the red ball against the top cushion,..and..the object-white against the side cushion.

1999 Pink Un (Electronic ed.) 29 Jan. The next player shall have the option of playing..from in-hand with the red placed on the Spot and the object white placed on the centre Spot.

object word n. (a) gen. a word which designates an object (in various senses); (b) Philosophy (in the theories of Bertrand Russell) a word the meaning of which can be learned independently of the rest of its linguistic system (cf. object language n. 1).

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [noun] > theory or elements of theory of Bertrand Russell

object word1876

correspondence theory1902

object language1905

definite description1911

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word

full word1854

object word1876

plereme1939

content word1940

lexical word1963

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word

hard word1533

household word1574

magic word1581

grandam words1598

signal word1645

book worda1670

wordie1718

my whole1777

foundling1827–38

keyword1827

Mesopotamia1827

thought-word1844

word-symbol1852

nursery word1853

pivot word1865

rattler1865

object word1876

pillow word1877

nonce-word1884

non-word1893

fossil1901

blessed word1910

bogy-word1919

catch-all1922

pseudo-word1929

false friend1931

plus word1939

descriptor1946

meta-word1952

discourse marker1967

shrub2008

1876 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 532 An action-word may have been developed only as used in combination with one and another previously formed object-word.

1940 B. Russell Inq. into Meaning & Truth 80 ‘Object words’ are defined, logically, as words having meaning in isolation, and, psychologically, as words which have been learnt without its being necessary to have previously learnt any other words.

1953 Mind 62 10 Harm has been done by the well-meaning distinction between object words and logical words... An object word such as ‘table’..has meaning in isolation from other words.

1983 N. Goodman in R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? v. 407 If object-words in general are admitted, then..we have a discursive language.

object-world n. the world of perceived objects seen as external to or distinct from the self; esp. that version of it which is unique to any one person.

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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > object of perception > world of

object-world1859

1859 J. Ogden Sci. of Educ. 160 The next advance the child makes from the object world, where his faculties are employed chiefly with things and their properties, is into the picture period.

1934 W. Temple Nature, Man & God i. vi. 135 That discussion will be primarily concerned neither with the inner life of mind, conceived as separate from environment, nor with the object-world which mind apprehends and contemplates, but with the interrelation of these two.

1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae ix. 257 Emptiness and barrenness are usually produced by a flight from the maternal, as in the..horror of the mucoid object-world in Sartre's Nausea.

C3. With first element in plural form.

objects clause n. Law a clause in a memorandum of association specifying the areas of activity in which the organization named in the memorandum proposes to operate.

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1877 F. B. Palmer Conveyancing 103 (heading) Common forms for use in connection with the objects clauses given infra.

1927 Encycl. Laws Scotl. IV. 129 The Court will sanction alterations by which the original objects clause is recast or rewritten in modern form with the addition of new powers if required..but it will not sanction powers of unlimited extent.

1986 Law Soc. Gaz. 11 June 1772/3 A creditor lending funds on a long-term basis..will check the objects clause of the company.

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† objectadj.

Forms: Middle English abiect (probably transmission error), Middle English–1500s obiecte, Middle English–1600s obiect, Middle English–1600s object, 1500s objecte.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obiectus.

Etymology: < classical Latin obiectus, past participle of obiicere (obicere ) object v.Also used as a past participle (compare slightly later object v.).

Obsolete.

a. Presented to the sight or senses, interposed, tangible; (also) exposed or open to injury, understanding, etc.

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society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > manifested

objecta1398

displayedc1425

manifested?1531

confessed1561

understood1576

objected1606

ostended1608

ostential1609

exposed1630

evolveda1641

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 26^v Hit is comoun to alle þe wittis to haue obiect þingis [L. obiecta], þat he knowiþ & feliþin þe whiche he eeriþ not but by hap.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. v. 4 Qualites of bodies that ben object fro withoute-forth moeven..the instrumentz of the wittes.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 763 Colde Blastis, sumthing obiect, ek from hem holde.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 314 Obiecte qualitees [L. obiectae qualitates] than Comme[ue] and steren youre foreyn instrumentes, Þe whiche I calle þe comune wit of man.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 82 An Abbay..standing veri blekely and object to al Wynddes.

a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 333 The text is plain, and object to every man's capacity.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 801 Sensible things which are obiect to the eye.

1650 W. Mure Cry of Blood 411 To refine His Gold, and purge away the object Ore.

b. Situated in front of, against, or opposite to, something else. Also figurative: opposed, contrary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective]

contraryc1384

oppositec1392

contrariousc1400

contradictorious?a1475

objecta1542

overthwart1555

oppositive1578

opposed1598

opposing1609

adverse1623

obversea1656

counter-placed1678

opponent1728

counter1842

subtending1860

abapical1866

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) civ. 19 The t'one [pole] we se alway, the t'othr stondes obiect Against the same.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iii. xxvi. 71 [An island] upon the Calabrian coast before Brundusium; by the object site whereof, the haven is made.

1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. E1 [The Puritans] though they be vtterly object to the Romanistes; yet haue they more..Saints among them than are in the Romish Kalender.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obiect, laide, or set against.

a. Brought forward as a reason against something. Cf. object v. 2.

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a1450 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Caius 336/725) (1970) 6 (MED) Science is sett þere..þouȝ it be obiect þer-aȝens þat it is callid a craft in manye placis.

b. Objected, brought as an objection, charged against a person. Cf. object v. 5.In quot. a1529 with at: charged with something, accused.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > brought as a charge

object1485

imputed1552

1485 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 43 No thing probable object ayenst the same by the said craft.

a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 20 (MED) Be thow restful, stil, and quiete vnto trowth, whether it be saide of the or obiect agenst the.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. lxii. 254 Lytell thynges obiecte agaynst the.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute 796 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 342 Bachelers of that faculte..Shall not be obiecte at by me.

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objectv.

Brit.

/əbˈdʒɛkt/, U.S.

/əbˈdʒɛk(t)/,

/ɑbˈdʒɛk(t)/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s obiecte, late Middle English–1600s obiect, late Middle English– object, 1800s– objec (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– objec' (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– objeck (regional and nonstandard); U.S. regional and nonstandard 1800s obgect, 1800s obgekt, 1800s objeckt; also Scottish pre-1700 obecke, pre-1700 obiak, pre-1700 obiec, pre-1700 obieck, pre-1700 obiect, pre-1700 obiek, pre-1700 objak, pre-1700 objeck, pre-1700 objek.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obiect-, obiicere; Latin obiectāre.

Etymology: Probably partly < classical Latin obiect-, past participial stem of obiicere (obicere ) to put forward (an objection), to put forward as a ground for disapproval, to bring as a charge against, to accuse a person of, to place before the eyes, to expose to danger, to put in the way as a barrier or defence, interpose < ob- ob- prefix + iacere to throw, place (see jactation n.), and partly < classical Latin obiectāre, frequentative (with the same senses) < obiicere. Compare ( < classical Latin obiectāre) Old French objeter (1288; also (rare) objiter (1298)), Middle French, French †objetter (14th cent.), objecter (c1382), and ( < classical Latin obiicere) Old French, Middle French obicier (1230), obicer (1260).For earlier use of object as past participle see object adj.

I. To oppose or disapprove.

a. intransitive. Originally: to dissent; to state an objection or an adverse or dissenting reason. Later (frequently): to express or feel disapproval or reluctance; to disapprove; to disagree.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (intransitive)]

opposec1380

repugna1382

object?a1425

to stick at ——1525

quarrel1570

except1597

formalize1597

demur1639

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)]

misdeem1408

unprove1528

disapprove1717

object1865

to take a dim view1930

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 12 (MED) Here þe enemyes of truþe obiectun, & leyn for hem.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 157 (MED) But peraventure ye obiecte, and say hit longethe not to a preste to schedde bloode.

1502 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 163 [He] proponit obectit [sic in pr.] and sade that the Archbishop..aucht nocht til syt in jugment quhare [etc.].

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMvi^v The vntreatable irefull persone, wyll obiect and saye [etc.].

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lviij^v Vnto such as will question & obiect what shall we than do?

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. ii. §29 678 The party objecting may..protest for a reprobator, i.e. protest that he may be allowed afterwards to bring evidence of the witness's enmity to him, or of his partial counsel in some other article.

1833 C. Williams Fall River 155 He objected, saying he was ashamed to have it known that any man should dare to offer him a bribe.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiv. 277 Then it is the lady as formerly objected?

1895 H. G. Wells Time Machine i. 2 ‘There I object,’ said Filby. ‘Of course a solid body may exist.’

1908 E. M. Forster Room with View ii. 40 She also felt that her mother might not like her talking to that kind of person, and that Charlotte would object most strongly.

1916 A. Huxley Let. 19 Mar. (1969) 94 I get extraordinarily irritated with some of these Internationalists, who conscientiously object.

1998 Victorian Soc. Jrnl. 1997 57/1 As the alterations would render the house unlistable we objected strongly.

b. intransitive. Now usually with to; also (now rare) with against. To bring forward a reason against something (or someone); to state and maintain disagreement or disapproval. In later use: to express disapproval, opposition, or reluctance; to have an objection to or disapprove of something (or someone). Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > dissent from or disagree with [verb (transitive)]

to fall from ——a1425

objectc1460

disagreea1513

dissent1565

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > attack with arguments

objectc1460

assaila1500

assault1551

wring1567

contestate?1572

question1613

join1632

contest1663

concert1689

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)]

misdeema1400

disprove1477

improve1526

disapprove?1562

dislikea1575

befie1589

misthinka1616

bar1620

to look upon with a bad eye1629

improbate1656

object1775

deplore1851

to take a poor view (of something)1863

deprecate1897

c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 150 (MED) Þe same procuratour afore vs knowledgid hym-selfe noþyng to knowe or to mowe of ryȝght to þe saide priuileges to Obiecte.

1527 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 155 Gif ony party likit to oppone or obiek aganis the forsaid priuileig.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 60/1 Y^e kinges mother obiected openly against his mariage.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. iii. 46 Yet with a clause, modo stet rectus in curia, that is to say, that no man obiect against the offendor.

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 93 The Pelagians..obiect against this Conclusion.

1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 8 Those who object against reason, are the Fanaticks in Poetry.

1733 A. Pope Impertinent 9 His Patience I provoke, Mistake, confound, object, at all he spoke.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 98/2 The doctor objected against fifteen, and the council for the crown against three.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. 1 'Tis more unreasonable in you to object to a lady you know nothing of.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 68 He objected to this as a harsh measure.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 260 Would the lady object to my lighting the pair of candles?

1901 R. Kipling Kim iv. 91 They, being withered and undesirable, do not, under certain circumstances, object to unveiling.

1968 E. Bowen Eva Trout (1969) i. vi. 84 Battle was being given to the front door, which objected to opening on principle.

2000 Big Issue 6 Mar. 12/3 I have a feeling that my colleagues object to my persistent eco-preaching.

c. transitive. With infinitive. Now rare.

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1792 C. Smith Desmond I. xii I..fancied I saw her extended, pale, and apparently dying on the bed, which I had objected to go into.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers lvi. 609 They have always steadily objected to return to the scenes of their old haunts and temptations.

1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. iii. 51 A man of this sort..had been found..fit society for the old squire of Greshamsbury, whose shoe ribbons Dr. Fillgrave would not have objected to tie.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. x. 149 It had been ascertained that Celia objected to go.

1904 Dublin Evening Mail 21 July I was not? next on the programme? when I objected to go on.

2. To bring forward or state in opposition or as a counter-argument; to adduce as a reason against something; to urge as an objection.

a. transitive. With simple object. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)]

strivea1400

objectc1443

repugna1513

controlc1525

to lay something in a person's light1530

pass1534

take1542

to think (it) much1548

challenge?1577

except1577

except1597

to formalize upon1597

formalize1599

scruple1627

demur1827

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 413 (MED) Aȝens þe xviije. trouþe and his proof may be objectid in þis wise.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 33 (MED) Obieccouns and sophims..men may mak and obiect.

1482 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 98 Sen the tyme that the breif..was present to him quhar the bastardry of the folowar was obiekit.

1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 1 If the same persons..obiecte or allege any cause why he shall not soo doo.

1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 165 The selfe-same Scriptures that are here obiected against vs.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 96 He moreover objected the base and low estate and condition of those that were chiefly the Pilgrims of the times in which they lived.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 161 When I came he made several Proposals for my placing my Money in the Bank, in order to my having Interest for it; but still some difficulty or other came in the way, which he objected as not safe.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cvi. 189 She objected the recency of her kinswoman's death.

1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 352 Bryant objects this very circumstance to the authenticity of the Iliad.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. vii. 170 Its adversaries objected the absence of all the great Patriarchs.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent (1953) xii. 244 To the general exclamation ‘Why didn't you go on to Southampton, then, sir?’ he objected the inexperience of a young sister-in-law left alone in the house with three small children.

b. transitive. With clause or direct speech as object.Frequently in passive, with it as anticipatory subject and clause as complement.

ΚΠ

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxiii^v Obiectynge that no man may satysfye for a nother.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 333 Pythias obiected..that his argumentes of rhetorike smelled all of the candle.

1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. vii. 411 It wilbe objectid against me, that as this place dothe make against the supremacye of princes, so dothe it not make for the primacye of saint Peter.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 23 But some object, This is to slacken him running, rather then to incite.

1685 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 365 Objecting how unlikely it was.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 50 If it be objected that good Actions,..are often punished.

1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 106 It has been objected, that oxen are not proper for all work.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 4 If it should be objected that this was a mere recital from the Gospel [etc.].

1804 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 4 167 Laurence..objected that it was not admissible, according to the rules of evidence, to invoke depositions from other cases.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. x. 398 Should it be objected that this is an illogical exercise of reason, I answer, that [etc.].

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 142 Although it may be objected..that the metal ammonium is not known, yet a curious metallic compound of this metal with mercury has been obtained.

1915 G. M. White Rose o' Paradise xxxviii. 271 ‘They won't let you in with 'im,’ she objected.

1974 Listener 3 Oct. 423/2 Mr Johnston objected: ‘But we already have..a shop stewards' movement.’

1993 Washington Post (National Weekly ed.) 19 Apr. 24/1 ‘We don't keep records that way’, I objected.

†3. transitive. To bring forth or mention (something) by way of disapproval, disparagement or mockery. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1941) II. xiii. vi. 207 Obieckand dayle þe grete felicite þat I had sum tyme in my derisioun.

1533 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge 90 Canis (sayth Donate) is a worde that menie vse to obiect vnto suche as be impudent shameles felowes.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 81 Thinkand that thai hef anssuerit sufficientlie to ony thing obiectit to thame of him.

1581 W. Fowler Wks. (1936) II. 28 He is not aschamed to obiect vnto me sic smal triffils.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 276 All man obiecteng to him thair indigne seruitude.

†4. transitive. To present or offer in support of an argument; to bring forward as a reason, ground, or instance, or as a proof of something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > use as argument

to lay forthc1405

adduce?a1425

object1536

argue1652

floora1687

1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 7 §12 Such questions..as shalbe obiected to them.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft v. vii. 103 For the maintenance of witches transportations, they obiect the words of the Gospell, where the diuell is said to take vp Christ.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 24 The fauour of proposing there in conuenient sort whatsoeuer ye can obiect..neither hath..nor euer will..be denied you.

1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 210 Augustine was of mind, that counclls, Bishops, &c. ought not to be objected for triall of controversies, but the holy scriptures onely.

1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a1 He has never yet found it in that Discourse, nor has heard it objected by any body else.

1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 67 What church is it whose example they object to us as an argument?

†II. To charge and related senses.

5. To bring as a charge against (or †upon) a person; to attribute to a person as a fault or crime; to accuse a person of, reproach a person with.

a. transitive. With simple object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute

witec893

challenge1297

weena1300

to bear upon —c1300

likenc1400

layc1425

to put upa1438

object1447

establish1483

impose1484

reproach1490

annotea1513

lade1535

appoint1553

burden1559

clap1609

to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611

upcast1825

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 8140 (MED) Your princys..Kunne..noon oþir wyse shame Than to obiectyn ageyn us crystys name.

1469 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 394 Chargeinge yow..to appeare afore the said lords of our councell..there to answeare to such thinges as..by them shall be layde and objected against yow.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Di^v If euer thou dyd any notable synne..he wyll obiecte it to the and caste it in thy nose.

?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Eij The which thyng we do obiect them.

1559 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 83 Mr. Alexander Wardlaw..to ansuer to sic headis and articlis as salbe obeckit aganis hym for inobedence [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 117 This blot that they obiect against your House, Shall be whipt out in the next Parliament.

1617 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 544/2 The pairteis aganis whome the prescriptioun is vsed and obiected.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 66 They were committed to divers prisons, for crimes objected against them.

1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 88 When God afflicted Job, he did object no sin to him.

1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. viii. 382 This subtlety, which has been frequently objected to Charles.

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. ix. 98 This hypocrisy was invisible to the contemporaries of those, to whom it is objected.

1899 Dict. National Biogr. LVII. 382/2 An attack on the administration of the navy led to a resolution of the House of Commons (15 Dec. 1703) that Tutchin should attend a committee to answer what might be objected against him.

b. transitive. With clause (formerly also infinitive) as object. Obsolete.Also in passive, with it as anticipatory subject and clause as complement.

ΚΠ

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 (MED) No man obiecte here aȝens me to be aboute forto falsifie this present xiije. conclusioun.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 259/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Those taunts which the Frenchmen laid upon them, obiecting that the greedinesse of wine and vittles had brought them ouer into that countrie.

1611 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Hist. France (new ed.) 1042 That which afflicts the Defendresse much more, is that the Complainants obiect against her, that she loued not her child.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall ii. 22 It was obviously objected upon Christians, that they condemned the practise of burning.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 95. ⁋6 I have heard it objected against that Piece, that its Instructions are not of general use.

1772 H. Barnes Notes Cases Court of Common Pleas 1732–56 322 Objected, on the Part of Defendant, That he was a publick visible Man, and Plaintiff had not endeavoured to arrest him.

a1855 J. Eagles Sketcher (1856) i. 18 I once heard a person object to Gaspar Poussin, that there was too much in his pictures.

1864 Spectator 537 It is sometimes objected to Mr. A. Fripp's peasant children that they are more gentle than simple.

c. intransitive. To bring a charge or accusation. Obsolete.In the King James version of the Bible only.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (intransitive)]

wrayc725

mean?c1225

accusec1384

surmise1528

incuse1570

object1611

appeacha1616

aggravate1672

finger-point1959

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxiv. 19 Who ought to have beene here before thee, and obiect [L. accusare], if they had ought against me.

6. transitive. To impute, attribute (a quality, characteristic, etc.) to a person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)]

titleOE

aretc1340

witena1375

witnea1375

reta1382

depute1382

wite1382

seta1387

layc1425

expoundc1430

imputec1480

attribue1481

assign1489

reckon1526

attribute1530

count1535

allot?1556

draw1578

object1613

prefer1628

entitle1629

implya1641

to score (something) on1645

intitule1651

put1722

to put down1723

charge1737

own1740

place1802

to set down1822

affiliate1823

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 120 They were so scrupulous concerning the Moone, that Clemens Alexand..objects the worship therof unto them.

1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant ii. 24 Do you object my Care of your Reputation to want of Fondness?

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 344 Homer, who celebrates the Greeks for their long hair, and Achilles for his skill on the harp, makes Hector in this place object them both to Paris.

†III. To bring before.

7. transitive. To place before the eyes or other senses; to present or offer to the sight, perception, understanding, etc. Usually with to or unto. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

uppec897

atewOE

sutelec1000

openOE

awnc1175

kithec1175

forthteec1200

tawnec1220

let witc1275

forthshowa1300

to pilt out?a1300

showa1300

barea1325

mythc1330

unfoldc1374

to open outc1390

assign1398

mustera1400

reyve?a1400

vouchc1400

manifest?a1425

outshowc1425

ostendc1429

explayc1443

objecta1500

reveala1500

patefy?1509

decipher1529

relieve1533

to set outa1540

utter1542

report1548

unbuckle1548

to set forth1551

demonstrate1553

to hold forth1560

testify1560

explicate1565

forthsetc1565

to give show of1567

denudec1572

exhibit1573

apparent1577

display?1578

carry1580

cipher1583

laya1586

foreshow1590

uncloud?1594

vision1594

explain1597

proclaim1597

unroll1598

discloud1600

remonstrate1601

resent1602

to bring out1608

palesate1613

pronounce1615

to speak out1623

elicit1641

confess1646

bear1657

breathe1667

outplay1702

to throw out1741

evolve1744

announce1781

develop1806

exfoliate1808

evince1829

exposit1882

pack1925

a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 409 (MED) When a sike man ys turmentid sore & vexid with sorow & siknesse of his body, þan þe deuell is most besiest to superad or put-vpone sorrow to sorrow, with all þe weyes þat he may, obiectynge his synnes ayence hym for to induce hym into dispeire.

1557 Dialoge of Comfort (new ed.) iii, in Wks. Sir T. More 1249/1 The bodily senses, moued by such thinges..as are outwardly thorowe sensible worldly thinges offred & obiected vnto them.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 24 Concupiscence..apprehendeth whatsoeuer phantasie and sence obiect vnto it.

1606 B. Jonson Hymenæi in Wks. (1616) 911 It is a noble and iust aduantage, that the things subiected to vnderstanding haue of those which are obiected to sense.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 10 A resultancy or reflection, proceeding from a being obiected to our vnderstanding.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 190 Whose temperance was of proof against any meat objected to his appetite.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 2 As the Objects of Light or Colour are objected to the Eye when it is open.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. Pref. 89 The Mysterious Work, objected to his contemplation.

1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xvii. 182 Religion..convinces man that there are other things in heaven and earth besides those which are objected to his senses.

8. transitive. To expose (a person) to or against danger, evil, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > expose to danger, harm, etc.

expose1474

object?1520

prefer?1541

expone1564

oppose1589

?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth ii. f. 7 Micipsa concluded with hymselfe to obiect [L. obiectare] hym to daunger and peryll of warre.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. vii. 72 Quhy wald þai obiect [L. obicerent] him aganis sa hie dangere & perrellis.

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xli. f. 115 Obiectyng hymself to the daunger, wherin he was like to be ouerwhelmed.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 158 Her and her dauchteris he obiectes [L. objicit] to the badrie of his men of weir.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 414 All these afflictions..they knowingly did object themselves to.

a. transitive. To put or place (a person or thing) so that it abuts, meets, or intercepts something, or so that it is exposed or subjected to a material object, physical phenomenon, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > be opposite (something) [verb (transitive)] > place opposite

object1533

opposea1616

confront1848

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 112 Nochttheles he chesit erare to be obieckit [L. obici] to the invie of pepill..than to noye the public weill.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 101^v A certeine soft sinew..[is] obiected to the holes transuersely.

1622 in J. Maidment Chron. Perth (1831) 88 It [sc. a child] had been seen lying objected to wind and weet.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 334 Every one of these doe blacke the bodies objected unto them.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xv. 240 He commanded him to be objected to a hungry and an enraged Lyon.

1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. ii. 19 A very white..piece of Ash,..objected to a proper Light.

1813–21 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) VIII. 205 This body..stands objected, i.e. cast before, that other body which moves.

1863 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns (ed. 2) 195 From what point his wind his course On the tower directeth, To that point the cock his head Manfully objecteth.

b. transitive. To place so as to interrupt or hinder the course of a person or thing; to put in the way or interpose, as an obstacle or hindrance to progress, or a defence from attack. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) between

interlace1532

interlard1545

interplace1548

object1548

intersert1582

lace1595

interpose1599

interblend1605

interlay1609

enlard1621

interpone1678

intercalate1824

interpolate1827

interlocate1851

interleave1856

sandwich1861

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] > be an obstacle to > place as an obstacle or hindrance

object1548

to trump in (one's) way1553

1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. A ij To deliuer vs from the perill obiected.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idolatry iii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 253 To object to the weake..such stumbling-blocks.

?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads iv. 57 My Girdle, curets doubled here, and my most trusted plate, Obiected all twixt me and Death.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 54 Pallas to their eyes The mist objected.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xxv. 336 The Goth objects His shield, and on its rim received the edge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.a1398

adj.a1398

v.?a1425

单词	object
释义	objectn. Brit. /ˈɒbdʒᵻkt/, /ˈɒbdʒɛkt/, U.S. /ˈɑbdʒək(t)/ Forms: Middle English abiecte (probably transmission error), Middle English–1600s obiect, Middle English–1600s obiecte, Middle English– object, 1500s objecte, 1800s– objeck (regional and nonstandard); U.S. regional and nonstandard 1800s obgeck, 1800s obgik, 1800s objec, 1800s objec', 1800s objeckt; Scottish pre-1700 obiec, 1700s– object, 1800s objik, 1800s– objek, 1800s– objekd, 1900s– objick. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: object adj.; Latin obiectum; Latin obiectus. Etymology: In branch I., partly < object adj., and partly < classical Latin obiectum something presented to the senses (compare sense 1a), in post-classical Latin also goal, aim (13th cent. in Aquinas), thing thrown before or presented to (the mind or thought) (Duns Scotus (a1308) Quaestiones de Anima 17. 14), use as noun of neuter singular of obiectus object adj. In branch II., partly < post-classical Latin obiectum objection (early 5th cent. in Augustine as plural obiecta ), probably a sense development of classical Latin obiectum (see above) charge, accusation (attested in plural obiecta ), and partly < classical Latin obiectus interposition, something interposed (see objectual adj.), equivalent in sense to objection n. 4, 5. Compare Middle French object, Middle French, French objet (see below).The French word displays the same spectrum of senses as the English word. With senses in branch I. compare Middle French, French objet something presented to the senses, something presented to the mind or thought (both c1375 in Oresme as object ; compare sense 1a), goal, aim (1433; compare sense 2a), a person who or thing which is the cause or motivation of a feeling (1556; compare sense 3), a thing which is perceived by the mind, a thing which exists independently of the mind (1647 in Descartes; compare sense 5), that which is directly governed by a transitive verb (1775; compare sense 6). With senses in branch II. compare Middle French objet objection, reproach (16th cent.; compare sense 8), obstacle (1552; compare sense 9). In sense 3 frequently equivalent to materia circa quem in Scholastic philosophy. I. Senses relating to the presentation of something to the sight, senses, understanding, etc. 1. a. Originally: something placed before or presented to the eyes or other senses. Now (more generally): a material thing that can be seen and touched.In technical use: spec. the thing or body observed with an optical instrument; (also) the thing of which an image is produced by drawing or draughtsmanship. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [noun] > the objects of sense objecta1398 sensuals1641 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > thing or material object thingOE bodya1398 objecta1398 substance1525 cheat1567 solidity1604 article1618 material objecta1651 res extensa1652 extensum1678 businessa1684 animal1729 materiate1755 affair1763 thingy1787 fellow1816 concern1824 jockey1827 toy1895 yoke1910 doojigger1927 bitch1951 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 23^v The obiecte of þe yȝe is al þat may ben seyn, and al þat may ben herd is obiect to þe heringe. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 316 (MED) He woot well þat þise wittes han Obiectes many dyuerse whiche þeye knowe. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 39 (MED) Þe siȝt iugiþ of þingis beyng distaunt from him in long space, and he iugiþ how fer and how nyȝ þe þing seen is, which þing seen is clepid þe obiect of þe siȝt. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 79 That the earth..should give to the nose obiecte so swete Or minister scent so strong. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 70 His eye begets occasion for his wit, For euery obiect that the one doth catch, The other turnes to a mirth-moouing iest. View more context for this quotation 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 829 Both Land and Water feasting varietie of senses with varietie of objects. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. i. 3 The cause of Sense, is the Externall Body, or Object, which presseth the organ proper to each Sense, either immediately, as in the Tast and Touch; or mediately, as in Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling. 1719 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 1017 A B is the Object suppos'd at a vast distance from the Ojective [sic] Lens. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 87 Children, from their very Birth, are daily growing acquainted, with the Objects about them. 1784–98 in Lect. Paint. (1848) v. 203 The apparent objects in pictures should appear neither improportional nor deformed, on account of the distances and heights of the objects painted. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 160 The torch's glare gave horrible indistinctness to objects. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 78 Several persons..producing different objects of value, declared that they had been given to them by the bishop. 1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie xxviii [The painter] looking up and finding no object in the focus of his eyes. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xviii. 177 Her foot knocked against a small object, which had apparently been lying close to the desk. 1946 Nature 10 Aug. 199/2 We have developed a new micro-method for X-ray diffraction investigation of biological objects. 2000 Dawn (Karachi) 16 Apr. (Mag. section) 2/6 He has stopped talking. Some strange object seems to have stuck-up in his throat. †b. The presentation of something to the eye or perception. Cf. objection n. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] uppingc950 showingOE propositiona1382 evidencec1384 musterc1400 manifestation?a1425 demonstrationc1450 ostension1474 demonstrance1509 ostentationa1513 forthsetting1528 apparition1533 manifesting1536 outshow1547 objection1554 displaying1556 proclamation1567 discovery1576 remonstrance1583 appearance1587 explicature1592 ostent1600 object1609 showing forth1615 innotescencea1631 presentment1637 deplication1648 display1661 exertion1668 extraversion1675 exhibitiona1677 exertment1696 show-off1776 unfoldment1850 outcrop1854 outplay1859 eclosion1889 society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > a manifestation showingOE spectacle1483 ostentationa1513 demonstration1517 objection1554 manifest1561 reflection1590 object1609 manifestation1646 avatar1850 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 40 Reason flies the obiect of all harme. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 19 The obiect of our misery, is as an inuentory to particularize their abundance. View more context for this quotation ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Βατραχομυομαχια in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 15 He aduancing..past all the rest arose In glorious obiect. c. object of art = objet d'art n.Also: object of art and virtu (cf. sense 1d). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > objet d'art or curio curiosity1645 virtu1746 article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu1755 object of art1830 objet d'art1840 chinoiserie1841 art object1848 curio1851 object of virtu1854 objet1857 objet de vertu1862 Japanesery1885 japonaiserie1896 Chinesery1907 1830 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 351 The profound and poetical study of the human form, which has long been, among artists, considered the measure and the perfection of every object of art. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) II. 238 I was reclining, in my customary state, surrounded by the various objects of Art which I have collected about me. 1879 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 6 Dec. (1911) II. 250 As an object of art, it is vile, but in an antiquarian point of view, most curious. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. i. 66 I've brought you these objects of art and virtu to make the peace with you. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 447/1 His numerous objects of art and virtù, collected as an amusement without much discrimination, were sold in Oxford and London in 1915 and 1916. 1973 W. Just Congressman who loved Flaubert 119 The columnist treated Caroline as a singular object of art, a serene and delicate event. 1992 Art Newspaper 12 We were impressed with the quality of the objects of art in this concentrated collection. d. object of virtu = objet de vertu n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > objet d'art or curio curiosity1645 virtu1746 article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu1755 object of art1830 objet d'art1840 chinoiserie1841 art object1848 curio1851 object of virtu1854 objet1857 objet de vertu1862 Japanesery1885 japonaiserie1896 Chinesery1907 1854 Southern Q. Rev. July 20 He [sc. Caesar Augustus] had a covetous taste for gems, plate and objects of virtù. 1886 Cent. Mag. Sept. 736 Berry got his banjo down from the wall... ‘I don't believe it agrees with this banjo..being an object of virtue,’ he said. 1902 J. C. Snaith Wayfarers ii Every object of vertu that I ever possessed. 1984 ELH 51 678 The children..will..look upon her as a loving mother, and presto, that is what she will be–just as the prince once transformed her into an object of virtù by his admiring gaze. 2. a. A goal, purpose, or aim; the end to which effort is directed; the thing sought, aimed at, or striven for. Cf. objective adj. 4b. the object of the exercise: the point or purpose of something. Cf. exercise n. 8h. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object willeOE errand?c1225 purposec1300 endc1305 emprisec1330 intentc1340 use1340 conclusionc1374 studya1382 pointc1385 causec1386 gamea1393 term?c1400 businessc1405 finec1405 intentionc1410 object?a1425 obtent?a1475 drift1526 intend1526 respect1528 flight1530 finality?1541 stop1551 scope1559 butt?1571 bent1579 aiming point1587 pursuitc1592 aim1595 devotion1597 meaning1605 maina1610 attempt1610 design1615 purport1616 terminusa1617 intendment1635 pretence1649 ettle1790 big (also great) idea1846 objective1878 objective1882 the name of the game1910 the object of the exercise1958 thrust1968 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 153 (MED) Euacuacioun for his obiecte only biheld plectoric concourse. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 196 How quickly nature falls into reuolt, When gold becomes her obiect ? View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 169 A Traveller is not to imagine pleasure his object. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 60 Rendring publick Good, an Object, and End, to every Member of the Society. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xiv. p. clxxv The first object..is to prevent..all sorts of offences. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 330 The objects of a financier are..to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment..to employ it œconomically [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1821 D. Stewart Diss. Progress Philos. (1858) ii. iv. 317 The profession of Bayle..made it an object to him to turn to account even the sweepings of his study. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 125 When you have heard the object of our visit. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot ii. xvi. 127 To tear him out of her heart—that was her constant object. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 73 He crossed Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street, walking without any particular object except to take the air. 1988 Paragraph 11 211 The object of the game for the interrogator is to determine which of the other two is the man and which is the woman. b. no object (also not an object): a thing not regarded as important; a factor which presents no obstacle or which does not need to be taken into account.For discussion of the development of this usage see C. T. Onions in Soc. Pure Eng. Tract (1931) xxxvi. 531–4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > types of a chip in porridge1647 no object (also not an object)1782 1782 Morning Herald 20 May 4/2 (advt.) A Gentlewoman..wishes to superintend the family of a single Gentleman or Lady..and salary will be no object. 1796 Deb. Congr. U.S. 7 Apr. (1849) 878/2 Enjoying..unexampled prosperity,..the expense of completing the frigates could be no object to the country. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vii. 126 The money is nothing, it is not an object, but employment is the thing. View more context for this quotation 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 67/2 Where every convenience is obtainable, and expense no object. 1871 Eng. Mechanic 20 Jan. 431/1 The colour of the solder is no object, as the joint will be hidden. 1891 C. E. L. Riddell Mad Tour 3 The time when distance was, as the advertisements say, ‘no object’. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 101 If time is not an object, a long continued period of soaking (24 hours) will answer the same purpose. 1926 A. Bennett Ld. Raingo ii. lxxii. 326 ‘I'm thinking of going back to town now, sir... Unless of course you'd like me to stay.’ ‘No object in staying,’ Sam murmured, as if in disgust. 1930 London Mercury Nov. 45 Distance being no object..scenes in Siam can be..transmitted. 1988 Observer 8 May (Colour Suppl.) 19/4 If you asked every Grand Prix team, money no object..,every single one would choose Alain Prost as their number one. 3. A person or thing to which a specified action, thought, or feeling is directed; the person or thing to which something is done, or on which something acts or operates. Usually with of or a possessive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > matter of thought > [noun] object?a1425 stuff1604 thought-object1838 thinkable1852 thoughtstuff1871 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional attitude > [noun] > that to which emotion is directed object?a1425 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > subjecting to an action or process > undergoing or reception of action > one who or that which object?a1425 worka1425 passivea1500 patienta1550 sufferer1587 undergoer1601 operatee1829 experiencer1862 experient1899 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > cognition > object or that to which thought is directed object?a1425 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 158 (MED) If sche..go to goostly delectacioun in her owne maner and not aftir my maner..sche seeþ þat obiecte, or þe cause of her deliyt, is wiþdrawe. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cix. 59 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 177 Want and woe my life their obiect make. 1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions v. sig. H My daughter, whose perfect Image lyeth here carued in fine Christall, as the continuall obiecte of my griefe. 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) v. sig. K3 My wisedome that has beene the obiect of mens admiration. a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 12 I was the object of a tirrans ire. 1676 M. Clifford Treat. Humane Reason in Phenix (1708) II. 547 Matters that concern Religion..being..a part of the Understanding's Object as much [as]..any other. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. i. 4 The Word Idea..being that Term, which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the Object of the Understanding when a Man thinks. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 462 This only object of my real care... In some few posting fatal hours is hurled From wealth. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. 16 The objects of dominion or property are things, as contradistinguished from persons. 1773 Observ. State Poor 47 He..will be deemed a proper object of public charity. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 84 The volume..which had formed the object of his study. a1870 J. Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) ii. 32 The next object of notice..is the beach, or ‘strand’, inside the old quay. 1935 Nation (N.Y.) 15 May 562/2 He calls the object of his affection a ‘hot patootie’. 1963 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Sept. (1995) 326 Frodo had..produced a situation in which the object of his quest could be achieved. 1988 P. Toynbee End of Journey 185 How easily I become blind like this to everything except the immediate object of my attention. 4. A person who or thing which provokes admiration, pity, indignation, sorrow, etc.; a sight, a spectacle. Also colloquial (frequently depreciative): a pitiable, despicable, or ridiculous-looking person. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sight or spectacle sightc950 showingOE spectacle1434 inspectionc1460 show1536 object1588 eyemark1595 theatre1606 theorya1626 exhibit1676 exhibition1786 something to see (or look at)1808 eyeful1858 spectacular1890 the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [noun] > object of pity pity1572 object1588 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun] > that which causes emotion > one who or that which stirs the emotions > something causing particular emotion object1588 1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. G2 Women are more glorious obiects. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 234 Produce their bodies... Seest thou this obiect Kent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 123 Sweare against Obiects, Put Armour on thine eares, and on thine eyes. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 568 To sit idle on the houshold hearth,..to visitants a gaze, Or pitied object . View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 31 Mar. 2/2 Objects..who would now move Horror and Loathing. 1718 R. Finlayson in Arbroath Documents (1923) Give to this poor distressed gentleman, being ane grate object, four shillings Scots. 1740 Bp. J. Butler Serm. Publ. Occas. ii. (note) Some poor objects will be sent thither in hopes of relief. 1788 E. Butler Jrnl. 1 Sept. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) 129 The Bowling green and banquetting room forms another object. 1826 Times (Electronic ed.) 3 May 4/6 Their apprentices [sc. chimney sweeps]..were..rendered objects for the remainder of their lives. 1839 W. McDoWall Poems 33 Poor helpless object, prest wi' care, That racks her mind. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour II. xvii. 270 The children are..breaking out again, in a way dreadful to look at. Forty-six is nothing but an Object—an Object—from insufficiency of diet. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xii. 117 A pretty-looking object you must have been! 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. v. 38 Hallo, young Jon! You're a nice object. 1935 I. Bennett Fishermen x The bairn was a gey sair vexation... Terrible yer only little un an objek and nae sign o' ony mair. 5. Philosophy. A thing which is perceived, thought of, known, etc.; spec. a thing which is external to or distinct from the apprehending mind, subject, or self. Opposed to subject n. 9. Cf. objective adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] huea1000 imagination1340 imagea1393 portraiturea1393 trowc1460 fume1531 imaginary1594 phantasm1594 trajection1594 representationa1602 idolum1619 object1651 tablature1661 fancy1663 representamen1677 phantom1686 presentment1817 fantasy1823 projection1836 visuality1841 thought-picture1844 imago1863 vestige1885 the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > objectivity > [noun] > object or that which is outside the self object1651 objective1817 otherness1821 unself1822 non-ego1829 not-self1829 outsetting1880 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 379 Obiectum and subiectum..termes tua, Quhilkis ar..rife amange clerkis in scule.] 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. i. 3 The Thoughts of man are every one of them a Representation or Apparence, of some quality, or other Accident of a body without us; which is commonly called an Object. a1670 G. Rust Disc. Truth (1682) 193 Concerning the truth of things, or Truth in the object. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. ii. §1 Every object of our idea is called a theme, whether it be a being or not-being; for not-being may be proposed to our..thoughts, as well as that which has a real being. 1765 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. (ed. 3) II. App. 499 Every thing we perceive, whether a being or a quality,..is with respect to the percipient termed an object. 1793 Monthly Rev. 11 498 Have the objects..in fact a real objective existence, independent of our mode of perceiving them? 1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 8 Every state of consciousness necessarily implies two elements at least; a conscious subject, and an object of which he is conscious. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) xxii. ix. 393 The constitution of the synthesis of all cognition is..subject and object, the word object being used in the most general sense in which it can be employed to signify any thing, or thought, or state of mind whatsoever, of which any intelligence may be cognisant. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 260/2 Both those thinkers start by assuming the distinction of subject and object, a distinction not immediately experienced but presupposing much naïve reflection. 1946 W. K. Wimsatt & M. C. Beardsley in D. Lodge 20th Cent. Lit. Crit. (1972) 340 For all the objects of our manifold experience, for every unity, there is an action of the mind which cuts off roots, melts away context—or indeed we should never have objects or ideas or anything to talk about. 1988 Mind 97 530 Numbers, if they are objects, do not exist in the physical world. 6. Grammar. A noun, noun phrase, pronoun, or clause which forms the complement of an active monotransitive verb; (also) either of the complements of an active ditransitive verb. Also: a word or phrase following and governed by a preposition. Cf. direct object: see direct n. adj., indirect object: see indirect adj. adj.A fundamental syntactic relation in many theories of sentence structure across languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > object object1733 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Verb Verb Neuter, is that which signifies an Action that has no particular Object whereon to fall; but which of it self takes up the whole Idea of the Action.] 1733 J. Clarke New Gram. Lat. Tongue 69 The Accusative after a Verb Transitive, or a Sentence in Room thereof, is called, by Grammarians, the Object of the Verb. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 112 Verbs neuter do not act upon or govern words... They are therefore not followed by an objective case, specifying the object of an action.] 1853 C. Marcel Lang. as Means Mental Culture II. 26 The word denoting this complement of the action [of a transitive verb] is called object. 1877 W. D. Whitney Essent. Eng. Gram. iii. 32 We speak of both verbs and prepositions as governing in the objective the word that is their object. 1949 Amer. Speech 24 35 Compound nouns coined from a verb and its object are bore hole..swamp pole, and tattle tale. 1971 N. Chomsky Probl. of Knowl. & Freedom (1972) i. 32 In ‘I believed your testimony’, the noun phrase is the grammatical object of ‘believe’. 1994 Appl. Linguistics 15 196 Ergative verbs..have the same thing as their object, when transitive, and as their subject, when intransitive. 7. Computing. A distinct (or discrete) entity, as (a) a package of information (as a data structure definition) together with a description of its manipulation; (b) a single graphic image, or the data that produces such an image. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > by means of a computer computer graphic1963 graphics1966 object1973 1973 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 18 1356 Each operating or programming system function is structured as an ‘external object’ or, more simply speaking an ‘object’. 1976 A. K. Jones & B. H. Liskov in IEEE Trans. Software Engin. 2 277/2 We assume that all data are contained in objects for which there exists a set of accesses. 1983 Dict. Computing 247/2 Objects are data structure in memory that may be manipulated by the total system (hardware and software); they provide a high-level description that allows for a high-level user interface. 1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. vi. 64/1 Text may be included in your graphics, and may be manipulated as straight text or as a graphic object. 1993 R. Rucker et al. Mondo 2000 (U.K. ed.) 243/1 The digitial paintbrush can change the color of a few objects—or the entire screen. 1998 Wired Aug. 133/2 Another intriguing model..is a radically simple way to organize communication between software objects. †II. Senses relating to opposition or obstruction. 8. A statement introduced in opposition; an objection. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > an objection objectionc1410 objecta1425 challenge1530 quarrel1579 demurrer1598 demurral1808 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 343 It is liȝt to assoile objectis aȝens þis. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 74 How Crist answeride to objectis of false Jewis. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas An obiect or obiection. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xiv. 126 Ye should mak no objek, but conform. 9. Something put in the way; an interruption or obstruction; an obstacle, a hindrance. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 144 Þy frailte, wherof þou hast experience in many smale obiectes [L. in modicis obiectis] & contrariousnes. a1564 T. Becon Compar. Lord's Supper & Mass in Prayers (1844) 380 The massmonger prateth and babbleth that the sacraments of the new law..to him that putteth not an object or let (I use the school-men's words), that is to say, to him that hath no actual purpose of deadly sin..give grace, righteousness, forgiveness of sins, the Holy Ghost. 10. The fact of being in the way; a throwing or putting in the way; interposition, obstruction. Cf. objection n. 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > action of placing between interposition1412 object1526 objectionc1550 interplacing1567 interjecture1578 interlarding1581 interjecting1583 chopping1587 interjection1598 interpose1610 interlocation1611 interposal1625 intermission1628 interposure1628 intercalation1649 interposing1657 interpolation1849 sandwiching1877 intrapolation1956 1526 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 135 Wtheris [wounds] James eschewed be bowing his bodie and obiect of his cloick. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 118^v Those waters shulde bee turned aboute by the objecte or resystaunce of that lande [L. Unde credunt eas aquas obiectu magnæ telluris circumagi]. Compounds C1. a. object carrier n. ΚΠ 1857 Househ. Words 14 Nov. 464/2 A selenite object-carrier, to be laid on the stage, and on which the object to be examined is laid. 1971 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 261 124 The specimen..is sandwiched between two gold disks conventionally used as object carriers. 1999 Metallurgia (Nexis) 1 Jan. 34 The object carrier is to a high degree adaptable to different test object geometries. object-directedness n. ΚΠ 1963 A. Kenny Action, Emotion & Will 195 How..can Brentano say that object-directedness is peculiar to psychological phenomena? 1983 Listener 6 Jan. 13/1 These four points that I have been making—about object-directedness, about part-objects versus whole objects..—are all points about the structure of the mind. b. object-directed adj. ΚΠ 1960 W. V. Quine Word & Object vii. 239 Some of us are carried away by the object-directed pattern of our thinking. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Oct. 70 (advt.) She argues cogently that taste has complex object-directed intentionality and cognitive content. C2. object ball n. Billiards, Croquet etc. the ball which a player intends to strike with his or her ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [noun] > ball as played object ball1857 rover ball1863 player1868 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball in specific position object ball1857 quarter ball1857 spot1857 player1868 cue-ball1873 object white1904 1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) ii. 16 The Object Ball is the ball struck at with your own. 1891 Graphic 2 May 486/2 Tom Taylor got the object-balls jammed in one of the corner pockets, and..made a break of 1467. 1993 Canad. Living Aug. 51/1 He smiles as the shooter spins off the object ball and knocks in the nine for another win. object case n. Grammar a case constructed as or appropriate to the object of a verb (cf. accusative adj. 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > accusative accusativec1400 accusative casec1400 objective1827 object case1875 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > accusative accusative1625 objective1763 accusatival1842 object case1875 1875 J. H. Allen Lat. Composition 21 The Dative is to be used, along with Accusative, wherever in English two object-cases follow. 1927 E. A. Sonnenschein Soul of Gram. 10 There is no ambiguity in sentences like the following, though the object-case has the same form as the subject-case: ‘the lion beat the unicorn’. 1989 Future Computing Syst. 2 239 ‘Suki-da’ (‘like’) takes ‘ga’ as an object case marker instead of ‘wo’. † object chart n. Obsolete a visual aid for use in object lessons. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > teaching aids > specific abacusa1387 fescue1513 wand1589 feasetraw1595 pointer1658 sandboard1817 letter card1819 object chart1866 teaching specimen1881 realia1894 filmstrip1896 visual aid1911 flash card1923 flannelgraph1944 teaching machine1958 manipulative1965 kit1968 1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 256 By the use of Wilson's object-charts, together with other expedients upon the plan of object teaching, these children are rapidly learning to speak the English language [etc.]. 1872 Rep. Indian Affairs 1871 (U.S.) 306 A new and original series of ‘object charts’ gotten up expressly for the Indians of Oregon by myself. object choice n. Psychoanalysis a thing or (usually) a person external to the ego chosen as an object of desire. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > study of emotions > emotional care > [noun] > love for external object > object loved object choice1920 1920 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 1 137 Such motivation of the homosexual object-choice must be by no means uncommon. 1965 P. L. Giovacchini in B. L. Greene Psychother. Marital Disharmony 43 The spouse, representing a heterosexual object choice, would ideally be associated with ego transactions. 1989 C. Squire Significant Differences (BNC) 83 This definition ignores the possibility that lesbianism might have different meanings; for some, it might be a matter of object choice but not of political or personal identity. object clause n. Grammar a clause which is the object of a verb. ΚΠ c1850 E. A. Andrews Lat.-Eng. Lexicon 504 With an object-clause: periisse me una praeceptores. 1870 W. W. Goodwin Elem. Greek Gram. iii. 167 Object clauses depending on verbs signifying to strive for, to care for, to effect, regularly take the future indicative after both primary and secondary tenses. 1996 Appl. Linguistics 17 108 In run fourteen there is an embedded object clause ce qu'il était. object code n. Computing code produced by a compiler or assembler. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > translator > result of translation object program1959 object code1961 object language1961 target program1969 1961 Communications ACM 4 70/1 An intermediate language is being used for the object code of the compiling routines being developed at Berkeley. 1977 in C. S. French Computer Sci. (1980) 351 This is a load-and-go compiler, reading source code from a deck of punched cards and writing object code directly into core storage. 1994 Sci. Amer. Apr. 91/1 Decompilation attempts to run the process backward by translating the binary language, or object code, into something that resembles the high-level language, or source code, that the programmer originally created. object complement n. Grammar a sentence element, usually a noun, noun phrase, adjective, or adjectival phrase, which complements the object of a verb, expressing the state or condition of the object at the time of, or resulting from, the action; cf. objective complement n. at objective adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > complement > specific objective complement1870 object complement1898 recipient1899 1898 H. Sweet New Eng. Grammar II. 16 Object-complements naturally follow the object-word: they made him king, [etc.]. 1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 550 Since these added adjectives or nouns do not affect the meaning of the verb, but are merely adjuncts to the object the term ‘object complement’ or ‘objective complement’..seems preferable to the appellation ‘predicative adjunct’. 1990 Noûs 24 670 I am concerned here with verbs of propositional attitudes, such as ‘seek’, in the object-complement construction. object end n. the end of an optical instrument, esp. a telescope, closest to the object being viewed. ΚΠ 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 179 The most practicable method of using this micrometer to advantage, is, to apply the divided object-glass to the object-end of a reflecting telescope. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 359/2 Direct the object-end of the telescope successively to the station-staves held up on the different pickets. 1993 Air Gunner Nov. 61/2 And 14 inches away, at the object end, there's a parallax ring so you can fine-focus the image at whatever range you're shooting over. object-finder n. now rare a device (as a slide marked with a lettered or numbered grid) for registering the position of an object on a mounted microscopic slide. ΚΠ 1872 G. R. Cutter tr. H. Frey Microscope & Microsc. Technol. 225 (note) Various indicators or object-finders have been proposed for enabling one to find any particular place in a preparation. 1906 Science 14 Sept. 342/1 (heading) An object-finder for the micro-projection apparatus. object lens n. Optics the lens or system of lenses in a telescope, microscope, etc., that is nearest to the object being viewed; cf. object-glass n., objective adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > object glass object-glass1663 object plate1664 object lens1693 objective1835 Stanhoscope1866 projection lens1894 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 731 Proceeding to several sorts [of telescopes], he describes the common one made with a Convex Object-Lens and Concave Eye-glass. 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 170 An object-lens whose focal length is a little less. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 205 A tear so large that it magnified the pores of the skin over which it rolled, like the object-lens of a microscope. 2000 Watermark Catal. (RNLI) Christmas 14/1 Powerful..pocket telescope... The object lens is 30 mm in diameter. object lesson n. (a) (now chiefly historical) a lesson in which a pupil's examination of a material object forms the basis for instruction; (b) figurative a striking practical example of a principle or ideal. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > a lesson > object lesson lesson1822 object lesson1831 life lesson1838 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > instructive object lesson1831 1831 C. Mayo Lessons on Obj. Pref. 9 The miscellaneous object lessons were abandoned. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper xii. 115 In the times of which we are writing, the Bridge furnished ‘object lessons’ in English history. 1896 A. H. Beavan Marlboro House xii. 210 Unhappy Charles! for all time, object-lesson of lost opportunities. 1991 Catalyst (Rover Cars) No. 1. 20/2 Rest areas on the freeways..are an object lesson in cleanliness. object-libido n. Psychoanalysis the part of the libido which is directed to objects other than the ego or self. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [noun] > object other than ego object-libido1920 1920 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 1 170 Paraphrenia differs from the psychoneuroses in that the object-libido is re-converted into ego-libido. 1955 J. Strachey et al. tr. S. Freud Compl. Wks. XVIII. 257 The transformation of object-libido into narcissism necessarily carried along with it a certain degree of desexualization. 1991 Representations No. 34. 92 The evidence for his [sc. Freud's] object-libido is the stock he puts in observation of external phenomena. object-love n. Psychoanalysis love for something external to the ego or self. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > study of emotions > emotional care > [noun] > love for external object object-love1918 1918 E. Jones Papers on Psycho-anal. (ed. 2) xviii. 332 The transference..like every ‘object love’, has its deepest root in the repressed parent-complex. 1924 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers II. 83 The sexual instinct passes on from auto-erotism to object-love. 1996 Camera Obscura (Nexis) Jan. 51 Freud insists upon a libidinal development through four stages—autoeroticism, narcissism, homosexuality, and object-love (heterosexuality). object mirror n. Astronomy (now rare) = primary mirror n. at primary adj. and n. Compounds (cf. earlier object-speculum n.). ΚΠ 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 177 After the same manner may the double object mirror of a reflecting telescope for this use be proved. 1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1229/1 In reflecting telescopes the speculum, or mirror, performs the same office that the object-glass does in those of the refracting kind, and is therefore called the object-mirror. 1940–1 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 3 24 For technical reasons the requisite parabolic object-mirror could not be satisfactorily made. object-object n. Philosophy an object (sense 5) which is external to or distinct from the person perceiving it. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > objectivity > [noun] > object or that which is outside the self > quality of an object object-objecta1856 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlii. 432 An object known..may either be the quality of something different from the ego; or it may be a modification of the ego or subject itself. In the former case the object, which may be called..the object-object, is given as something different from the percipient subject. 1874 Scribner's Monthly May 77/2 I am the Author of the Work on the Subject-object as Differentiated from the Object-object. 1995 Amer. Imago (Nexis) 22 Dec. 463 This object, insofar as its purpose is to resurrect the mother in itself, is another object-object. object-orientation n. Computing object-oriented computing, or the technology associated with this. ΚΠ 1985 Electronics 10 July 84 To implement object-orientation in Prompter, Fukunaga developed his own programming language, Spool, an object-oriented extension of the AI programming language Prolog. 1995 Times 9 June 30/5 Object orientation is the technology for developing computer systems that emphasise modules and the re-use of software components. object-oriented adj. Computing using a methodology in which a system is modelled as a set of objects (sense 7(a)) which can be controlled and manipulated in a modular manner. ΚΠ 1973 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 18 1356 A decentralized object-oriented data management system is described. 1981 Science 1 May 530/3 This characteristic..is directly reflected in the design of the micromainframe by way of its object-oriented architecture. 1993 Computers & Humanities 37 277/1 His research interests span object-oriented information systems and environmental simulation modelling. 1998 Economist 21 Mar. 8/3 The 50% of programming you describe as object-oriented is actually component-based. object plate n. the plate upon which an object is placed when examined under a microscope; (also) †an object glass (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > object glass object-glass1663 object plate1664 object lens1693 objective1835 Stanhoscope1866 projection lens1894 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > parts of object plate1664 slider1703 pout1832 indicator1837 substage1853 focuser1861 nosepiece1867 searcher1870 Abbe condenser1879 eyeshade1885 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 31 I..glew'd them to the object-plate, as I do stronger Insects with a touch of Turpentine. 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 640 I perceived a soft white fibrous Substance, a small Portion of which I placed upon my Object-plate. 1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 135 The web of the wing was stretched out on the object plate, wetted on both sides with water, and covered with a thin plate of glass at the spot to be examined. 1959 Science 7 Mar. 539/2 (advt.) Instant transition from frozen to paraffin work by a mere change of object plate. object program n. Computing a program into which some other program is translated by an assembler or compiler. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > translator > result of translation object program1959 object code1961 object language1961 target program1969 1959 M. H. Wrubel Primer of Programming for Digital Computers vi. 128 At the end of the assembly or translation phase..the programmer is presented with a machine-language deck [of cards] called the ‘object program’. 1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xix. 304 In the most common systems for automatic coding, the translation from source program to object program is done in a separate computer run, called the compilation run. 1984 R. C. T. Lee et al. in C. R. Vick & C. V. Ramamoorthy Handbk. Software Engin. x. 230/1 After compiling, we have a machine-language object program, which we do not have after interpreting. object pronoun n. Grammar a pronoun which is the object of a verb or which introduces an object clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > other specific types of pronoun relativec1400 demonstrative pronounc1525 question word1878 object pronoun1885 pronoun object1889 common-sex pronoun1922 non-personal1925 1885 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 14 249 This is the only method of expressing in these dialects indeterminate ‘on’ of the French, in words which have infixed object pronoun. 1928 Mod. Lang. Notes 43 16 The construction is, of course, in harmony with the Latin usage where the predicate complement takes the case of the object pronoun after reflexive verbs. 1991 Appl. Linguistics 12 4/387 Several types of pre-verbal object pronouns exist in French. object relations n. = object-relationship n.Frequently attributive, as object-relations theory, object-relations therapy, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [noun] > relationship with object object-relationship1926 object relations1951 1951 F. C. A. Koelin tr. E. Cassirer Philos. of Enlightenm. iii. 126 Two entirely different modes of object relations are involved in feeling and sense perception. 1991 Portfolio Mag. Summer 7 These infantile object relations are seen as the foundation of all later relations to the object. 1996 M. Stadter Object Relations Brief Therapy (2009) ix. 192 In describing time-unlimited object relations therapy Scharff and Scharff (1992) list signs of readiness for termination. 2013 G. Delisle Object Relations in Gestalt Therapy i. 7 It is pertinent to develop dialogue with the object relations theory of W. Ronald D. Fairbairn so that Gestalt therapy can..become a true therapeutic system [etc.]. object-relationship n. Psychoanalysis a relationship felt, or the emotional energy directed, by the self or ego towards a chosen object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > [noun] > relationship with object object-relationship1926 object relations1951 1926 Brit. Jrnl. Med. Psychol. 6 292 The hetero-sexual stage, which is the most complete form of allo-erotic object relationship. 1946 Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 27 31/2 From the point of view of object-relationship psychology, explicit pleasure-seeking represents a deterioration of behaviour. 1985 Yale French Stud. 219 The persecutory internal object-relationship is that of the internalized bad parents whom it is impossible to do without. object-soul n. a spiritual dimension ascribed by animists to an inanimate object; a spirit believed by animists to reside in a material object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pantheism > [noun] > animism > elements of object-soul1872 1872 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 231 When this theory of object-souls is expanded into a general doctrine of spirits, the philosophic scheme of animism is completed. 1928 L. C. Wimberly Folklore in Eng. & Sc. Ballads i. 92 The Object-Soul. The ascription of personality to inanimate objects. 1950 M. J. C. Hodgart Ballads vi. 124 This implies a belief in reincarnation; or, as Wimberly calls it, the ‘object-soul’. † object-speculum n. Obsolete the mirror in a reflecting telescope which receives and reflects the rays of light from the object. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > speculum object-speculum1672 metal1693 speculum1704 mirror1762 reflector1815 1672 R. Hooke Diary 5 Aug. (1935) 4 Polisht an object speculum of 7 inches. 1781 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 96 The object-speculum or object-glass of a telescope. 1869 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 159 153 In the Cassegrain telescope there is an eyehole so adjusted that it excludes all light except what comes from the object-speculum. † object-staff n. Obsolete rare = levelling staff n. at levelling n. Compounds.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 239/2 Object-staff, a staff the same height as the level, forming a sight to be viewed from thence in determining levels. object-subject n. Philosophy rare an external object which is perceived or interpreted subjectively by the individual, and the existence of which is dependent on this relationship. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > matter or substance substancea1398 first substance1551 subject1590 hypostasis1605 byss1649 body1651 substratum1651 support1660 general substance1697 supporter1697 substrate1730 object-subject1867 1855 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 541 The synthesis of something (whether material or not) other than self with self, or, in the author's favorite phrase, ‘object+subject’, is the minimum of cognition and conception.] 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) II. 484 Pure thought and pure matter are unknown quantities, to be reached by no equation. The thought is necessarily and universally subject-object; matter is necessarily, and to us universally, object-subject. Thought is only called into existence under appropriate conditions; and in the objective stimulus, the object and subject are merged, as acid and base are merged in the salt. 1933 A. N. Whitehead Adventures of Ideas xi. 177 No topic has suffered more from this tendency of philosophers than their account of the object-subject structure of experience. † object system n. Obsolete the system of teaching by object lessons. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching demonstration1742 bear-leading1766 royal road1793 tachydidaxy1846 object teaching1851 object system1862 methodic1864 community education1873 methodics1883 maieutics1885 type-system1901 direct method1904 spoon-feeding1905 play method1914 playway1914 project method1916 active learning1919 study skills1924 skit1926 free activity1929 hypnopaedia1932 sleep-teaching1932 chalk and talk1937 show-and-tell1941 demo1945 naming of (the) parts1946 team teaching1949 teleteaching1953 programming1954 audio-lingualism1961 immersion1965 dem1968 open learning1970 suggestopaedia1970 suggestopedy1970 distance learning1972 fast-tracking1972 paideia1982 tutorial1984 m-learning2001 1862 H. B. Wilbur Some Suggestions on Princ. & Methods of Elem. Instr. 17 I desire to notice a common error that many of the advocates of what is called the ‘object system of instruction’ have fallen into. 1878 Harper's Mag. Mar. 607/2 This school is too large for strictly Kindergarten Teaching; but the ‘object system’..was the one adopted. object teaching n. now historical teaching by means of object lessons. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching demonstration1742 bear-leading1766 royal road1793 tachydidaxy1846 object teaching1851 object system1862 methodic1864 community education1873 methodics1883 maieutics1885 type-system1901 direct method1904 spoon-feeding1905 play method1914 playway1914 project method1916 active learning1919 study skills1924 skit1926 free activity1929 hypnopaedia1932 sleep-teaching1932 chalk and talk1937 show-and-tell1941 demo1945 naming of (the) parts1946 team teaching1949 teleteaching1953 programming1954 audio-lingualism1961 immersion1965 dem1968 open learning1970 suggestopaedia1970 suggestopedy1970 distance learning1972 fast-tracking1972 paideia1982 tutorial1984 m-learning2001 1851 A. de Tocqueville Amer. Instit. & their Influence 16 The First Lessons, by applying the system of object-teaching, renders the subject so attractive that a child, just able to read, may become deeply interested in it. 1945 C. V. Good Dict. Educ. 411/2 Teaching, object, a method of elementary-school teaching derived from the work of Pestalozzi in Europe and introduced into the United States at the Westfield, Massachusetts, State Teachers' College in 1848 and at Oswego, New York, in 1861. 1999 Amer. Lit. 71 273 John Dewey and Maria Montessori both combined this emphasis on manual training (or ‘object teaching’..) with an emphasis on the instructional possibilities of the home. object white n. Billiards the white object ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball in specific position object ball1857 quarter ball1857 spot1857 player1868 cue-ball1873 object white1904 1904 J. P. Mannock & S. A. Mussabini Billiards Expounded I. iii. 97 To enable the object-ball to go on to the baulk cushion and return up by the object-white. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 19 June 7/2 He got the red ball against the top cushion,..and..the object-white against the side cushion. 1999 Pink Un (Electronic ed.) 29 Jan. The next player shall have the option of playing..from in-hand with the red placed on the Spot and the object white placed on the centre Spot. object word n. (a) gen. a word which designates an object (in various senses); (b) Philosophy (in the theories of Bertrand Russell) a word the meaning of which can be learned independently of the rest of its linguistic system (cf. object language n. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [noun] > theory or elements of theory of Bertrand Russell object word1876 correspondence theory1902 object language1905 definite description1911 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > [noun] > content word full word1854 object word1876 plereme1939 content word1940 lexical word1963 the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word hard word1533 household word1574 magic word1581 grandam words1598 signal word1645 book worda1670 wordie1718 my whole1777 foundling1827–38 keyword1827 Mesopotamia1827 thought-word1844 word-symbol1852 nursery word1853 pivot word1865 rattler1865 object word1876 pillow word1877 nonce-word1884 non-word1893 fossil1901 blessed word1910 bogy-word1919 catch-all1922 pseudo-word1929 false friend1931 plus word1939 descriptor1946 meta-word1952 discourse marker1967 shrub2008 1876 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 532 An action-word may have been developed only as used in combination with one and another previously formed object-word. 1940 B. Russell Inq. into Meaning & Truth 80 ‘Object words’ are defined, logically, as words having meaning in isolation, and, psychologically, as words which have been learnt without its being necessary to have previously learnt any other words. 1953 Mind 62 10 Harm has been done by the well-meaning distinction between object words and logical words... An object word such as ‘table’..has meaning in isolation from other words. 1983 N. Goodman in R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? v. 407 If object-words in general are admitted, then..we have a discursive language. object-world n. the world of perceived objects seen as external to or distinct from the self; esp. that version of it which is unique to any one person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > object of perception > world of object-world1859 1859 J. Ogden Sci. of Educ. 160 The next advance the child makes from the object world, where his faculties are employed chiefly with things and their properties, is into the picture period. 1934 W. Temple Nature, Man & God i. vi. 135 That discussion will be primarily concerned neither with the inner life of mind, conceived as separate from environment, nor with the object-world which mind apprehends and contemplates, but with the interrelation of these two. 1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae ix. 257 Emptiness and barrenness are usually produced by a flight from the maternal, as in the..horror of the mucoid object-world in Sartre's Nausea. C3. With first element in plural form. objects clause n. Law a clause in a memorandum of association specifying the areas of activity in which the organization named in the memorandum proposes to operate. ΚΠ 1877 F. B. Palmer Conveyancing 103 (heading) Common forms for use in connection with the objects clauses given infra. 1927 Encycl. Laws Scotl. IV. 129 The Court will sanction alterations by which the original objects clause is recast or rewritten in modern form with the addition of new powers if required..but it will not sanction powers of unlimited extent. 1986 Law Soc. Gaz. 11 June 1772/3 A creditor lending funds on a long-term basis..will check the objects clause of the company. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † objectadj. Forms: Middle English abiect (probably transmission error), Middle English–1500s obiecte, Middle English–1600s obiect, Middle English–1600s object, 1500s objecte. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obiectus. Etymology: < classical Latin obiectus, past participle of obiicere (obicere ) object v.Also used as a past participle (compare slightly later object v.). Obsolete. 1. a. Presented to the sight or senses, interposed, tangible; (also) exposed or open to injury, understanding, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > manifested objecta1398 displayedc1425 manifested?1531 confessed1561 understood1576 objected1606 ostended1608 ostential1609 exposed1630 evolveda1641 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 26^v Hit is comoun to alle þe wittis to haue obiect þingis [L. obiecta], þat he knowiþ & feliþin þe whiche he eeriþ not but by hap. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. v. 4 Qualites of bodies that ben object fro withoute-forth moeven..the instrumentz of the wittes. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 763 Colde Blastis, sumthing obiect, ek from hem holde. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 314 Obiecte qualitees [L. obiectae qualitates] than Comme[ue] and steren youre foreyn instrumentes, Þe whiche I calle þe comune wit of man. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 82 An Abbay..standing veri blekely and object to al Wynddes. a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 333 The text is plain, and object to every man's capacity. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 801 Sensible things which are obiect to the eye. 1650 W. Mure Cry of Blood 411 To refine His Gold, and purge away the object Ore. b. Situated in front of, against, or opposite to, something else. Also figurative: opposed, contrary. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] contraryc1384 oppositec1392 contrariousc1400 contradictorious?a1475 objecta1542 overthwart1555 oppositive1578 opposed1598 opposing1609 adverse1623 obversea1656 counter-placed1678 opponent1728 counter1842 subtending1860 abapical1866 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) civ. 19 The t'one [pole] we se alway, the t'othr stondes obiect Against the same. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iii. xxvi. 71 [An island] upon the Calabrian coast before Brundusium; by the object site whereof, the haven is made. 1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. E1 [The Puritans] though they be vtterly object to the Romanistes; yet haue they more..Saints among them than are in the Romish Kalender. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obiect, laide, or set against. 2. a. Brought forward as a reason against something. Cf. object v. 2. ΚΠ a1450 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Caius 336/725) (1970) 6 (MED) Science is sett þere..þouȝ it be obiect þer-aȝens þat it is callid a craft in manye placis. b. Objected, brought as an objection, charged against a person. Cf. object v. 5.In quot. a1529 with at: charged with something, accused. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > brought as a charge object1485 imputed1552 1485 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 43 No thing probable object ayenst the same by the said craft. a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 20 (MED) Be thow restful, stil, and quiete vnto trowth, whether it be saide of the or obiect agenst the. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. lxii. 254 Lytell thynges obiecte agaynst the. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute 796 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 342 Bachelers of that faculte..Shall not be obiecte at by me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). objectv. Brit. /əbˈdʒɛkt/, U.S. /əbˈdʒɛk(t)/, /ɑbˈdʒɛk(t)/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s obiecte, late Middle English–1600s obiect, late Middle English– object, 1800s– objec (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– objec' (regional and nonstandard), 1800s– objeck (regional and nonstandard); U.S. regional and nonstandard 1800s obgect, 1800s obgekt, 1800s objeckt; also Scottish pre-1700 obecke, pre-1700 obiak, pre-1700 obiec, pre-1700 obieck, pre-1700 obiect, pre-1700 obiek, pre-1700 objak, pre-1700 objeck, pre-1700 objek. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obiect-, obiicere; Latin obiectāre. Etymology: Probably partly < classical Latin obiect-, past participial stem of obiicere (obicere ) to put forward (an objection), to put forward as a ground for disapproval, to bring as a charge against, to accuse a person of, to place before the eyes, to expose to danger, to put in the way as a barrier or defence, interpose < ob- ob- prefix + iacere to throw, place (see jactation n.), and partly < classical Latin obiectāre, frequentative (with the same senses) < obiicere. Compare ( < classical Latin obiectāre) Old French objeter (1288; also (rare) objiter (1298)), Middle French, French †objetter (14th cent.), objecter (c1382), and ( < classical Latin obiicere) Old French, Middle French obicier (1230), obicer (1260).For earlier use of object as past participle see object adj. I. To oppose or disapprove. 1. a. intransitive. Originally: to dissent; to state an objection or an adverse or dissenting reason. Later (frequently): to express or feel disapproval or reluctance; to disapprove; to disagree. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (intransitive)] opposec1380 repugna1382 object?a1425 to stick at ——1525 quarrel1570 except1597 formalize1597 demur1639 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] misdeem1408 unprove1528 disapprove1717 object1865 to take a dim view1930 ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 12 (MED) Here þe enemyes of truþe obiectun, & leyn for hem. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 157 (MED) But peraventure ye obiecte, and say hit longethe not to a preste to schedde bloode. 1502 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 163 [He] proponit obectit [sic in pr.] and sade that the Archbishop..aucht nocht til syt in jugment quhare [etc.]. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMvi^v The vntreatable irefull persone, wyll obiect and saye [etc.]. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lviij^v Vnto such as will question & obiect what shall we than do? a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. ii. §29 678 The party objecting may..protest for a reprobator, i.e. protest that he may be allowed afterwards to bring evidence of the witness's enmity to him, or of his partial counsel in some other article. 1833 C. Williams Fall River 155 He objected, saying he was ashamed to have it known that any man should dare to offer him a bribe. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiv. 277 Then it is the lady as formerly objected? 1895 H. G. Wells Time Machine i. 2 ‘There I object,’ said Filby. ‘Of course a solid body may exist.’ 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View ii. 40 She also felt that her mother might not like her talking to that kind of person, and that Charlotte would object most strongly. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 19 Mar. (1969) 94 I get extraordinarily irritated with some of these Internationalists, who conscientiously object. 1998 Victorian Soc. Jrnl. 1997 57/1 As the alterations would render the house unlistable we objected strongly. b. intransitive. Now usually with to; also (now rare) with against. To bring forward a reason against something (or someone); to state and maintain disagreement or disapproval. In later use: to express disapproval, opposition, or reluctance; to have an objection to or disapprove of something (or someone). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > dissent from or disagree with [verb (transitive)] to fall from ——a1425 objectc1460 disagreea1513 dissent1565 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > attack with arguments objectc1460 assaila1500 assault1551 wring1567 contestate?1572 question1613 join1632 contest1663 concert1689 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] misdeema1400 disprove1477 improve1526 disapprove?1562 dislikea1575 befie1589 misthinka1616 bar1620 to look upon with a bad eye1629 improbate1656 object1775 deplore1851 to take a poor view (of something)1863 deprecate1897 c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 150 (MED) Þe same procuratour afore vs knowledgid hym-selfe noþyng to knowe or to mowe of ryȝght to þe saide priuileges to Obiecte. 1527 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 155 Gif ony party likit to oppone or obiek aganis the forsaid priuileig. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 60/1 Y^e kinges mother obiected openly against his mariage. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. iii. 46 Yet with a clause, modo stet rectus in curia, that is to say, that no man obiect against the offendor. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 93 The Pelagians..obiect against this Conclusion. 1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 8 Those who object against reason, are the Fanaticks in Poetry. 1733 A. Pope Impertinent 9 His Patience I provoke, Mistake, confound, object, at all he spoke. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 98/2 The doctor objected against fifteen, and the council for the crown against three. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. 1 'Tis more unreasonable in you to object to a lady you know nothing of. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 68 He objected to this as a harsh measure. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 260 Would the lady object to my lighting the pair of candles? 1901 R. Kipling Kim iv. 91 They, being withered and undesirable, do not, under certain circumstances, object to unveiling. 1968 E. Bowen Eva Trout (1969) i. vi. 84 Battle was being given to the front door, which objected to opening on principle. 2000 Big Issue 6 Mar. 12/3 I have a feeling that my colleagues object to my persistent eco-preaching. c. transitive. With infinitive. Now rare. ΚΠ 1792 C. Smith Desmond I. xii I..fancied I saw her extended, pale, and apparently dying on the bed, which I had objected to go into. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers lvi. 609 They have always steadily objected to return to the scenes of their old haunts and temptations. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. iii. 51 A man of this sort..had been found..fit society for the old squire of Greshamsbury, whose shoe ribbons Dr. Fillgrave would not have objected to tie. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. x. 149 It had been ascertained that Celia objected to go. 1904 Dublin Evening Mail 21 July I was not? next on the programme? when I objected to go on. 2. To bring forward or state in opposition or as a counter-argument; to adduce as a reason against something; to urge as an objection. a. transitive. With simple object. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] strivea1400 objectc1443 repugna1513 controlc1525 to lay something in a person's light1530 pass1534 take1542 to think (it) much1548 challenge?1577 except1577 except1597 to formalize upon1597 formalize1599 scruple1627 demur1827 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 413 (MED) Aȝens þe xviije. trouþe and his proof may be objectid in þis wise. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 33 (MED) Obieccouns and sophims..men may mak and obiect. 1482 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 98 Sen the tyme that the breif..was present to him quhar the bastardry of the folowar was obiekit. 1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 1 If the same persons..obiecte or allege any cause why he shall not soo doo. 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 165 The selfe-same Scriptures that are here obiected against vs. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 96 He moreover objected the base and low estate and condition of those that were chiefly the Pilgrims of the times in which they lived. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 161 When I came he made several Proposals for my placing my Money in the Bank, in order to my having Interest for it; but still some difficulty or other came in the way, which he objected as not safe. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cvi. 189 She objected the recency of her kinswoman's death. 1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 352 Bryant objects this very circumstance to the authenticity of the Iliad. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. vii. 170 Its adversaries objected the absence of all the great Patriarchs. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent (1953) xii. 244 To the general exclamation ‘Why didn't you go on to Southampton, then, sir?’ he objected the inexperience of a young sister-in-law left alone in the house with three small children. b. transitive. With clause or direct speech as object.Frequently in passive, with it as anticipatory subject and clause as complement. ΚΠ 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxiii^v Obiectynge that no man may satysfye for a nother. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 333 Pythias obiected..that his argumentes of rhetorike smelled all of the candle. 1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. vii. 411 It wilbe objectid against me, that as this place dothe make against the supremacye of princes, so dothe it not make for the primacye of saint Peter. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 23 But some object, This is to slacken him running, rather then to incite. 1685 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 365 Objecting how unlikely it was. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 50 If it be objected that good Actions,..are often punished. 1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 106 It has been objected, that oxen are not proper for all work. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 4 If it should be objected that this was a mere recital from the Gospel [etc.]. 1804 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 4 167 Laurence..objected that it was not admissible, according to the rules of evidence, to invoke depositions from other cases. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. x. 398 Should it be objected that this is an illogical exercise of reason, I answer, that [etc.]. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 142 Although it may be objected..that the metal ammonium is not known, yet a curious metallic compound of this metal with mercury has been obtained. 1915 G. M. White Rose o' Paradise xxxviii. 271 ‘They won't let you in with 'im,’ she objected. 1974 Listener 3 Oct. 423/2 Mr Johnston objected: ‘But we already have..a shop stewards' movement.’ 1993 Washington Post (National Weekly ed.) 19 Apr. 24/1 ‘We don't keep records that way’, I objected. †3. transitive. To bring forth or mention (something) by way of disapproval, disparagement or mockery. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1941) II. xiii. vi. 207 Obieckand dayle þe grete felicite þat I had sum tyme in my derisioun. 1533 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge 90 Canis (sayth Donate) is a worde that menie vse to obiect vnto suche as be impudent shameles felowes. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 81 Thinkand that thai hef anssuerit sufficientlie to ony thing obiectit to thame of him. 1581 W. Fowler Wks. (1936) II. 28 He is not aschamed to obiect vnto me sic smal triffils. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 276 All man obiecteng to him thair indigne seruitude. †4. transitive. To present or offer in support of an argument; to bring forward as a reason, ground, or instance, or as a proof of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > use as argument to lay forthc1405 adduce?a1425 object1536 argue1652 floora1687 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 7 §12 Such questions..as shalbe obiected to them. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft v. vii. 103 For the maintenance of witches transportations, they obiect the words of the Gospell, where the diuell is said to take vp Christ. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 24 The fauour of proposing there in conuenient sort whatsoeuer ye can obiect..neither hath..nor euer will..be denied you. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 210 Augustine was of mind, that counclls, Bishops, &c. ought not to be objected for triall of controversies, but the holy scriptures onely. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a1 He has never yet found it in that Discourse, nor has heard it objected by any body else. 1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 67 What church is it whose example they object to us as an argument? †II. To charge and related senses. 5. To bring as a charge against (or †upon) a person; to attribute to a person as a fault or crime; to accuse a person of, reproach a person with. a. transitive. With simple object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute witec893 challenge1297 weena1300 to bear upon —c1300 likenc1400 layc1425 to put upa1438 object1447 establish1483 impose1484 reproach1490 annotea1513 lade1535 appoint1553 burden1559 clap1609 to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611 upcast1825 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 8140 (MED) Your princys..Kunne..noon oþir wyse shame Than to obiectyn ageyn us crystys name. 1469 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 394 Chargeinge yow..to appeare afore the said lords of our councell..there to answeare to such thinges as..by them shall be layde and objected against yow. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Di^v If euer thou dyd any notable synne..he wyll obiecte it to the and caste it in thy nose. ?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Eij The which thyng we do obiect them. 1559 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1889) I. 83 Mr. Alexander Wardlaw..to ansuer to sic headis and articlis as salbe obeckit aganis hym for inobedence [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 117 This blot that they obiect against your House, Shall be whipt out in the next Parliament. View more context for this quotation 1617 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 544/2 The pairteis aganis whome the prescriptioun is vsed and obiected. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 66 They were committed to divers prisons, for crimes objected against them. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 88 When God afflicted Job, he did object no sin to him. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. viii. 382 This subtlety, which has been frequently objected to Charles. 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. ix. 98 This hypocrisy was invisible to the contemporaries of those, to whom it is objected. 1899 Dict. National Biogr. LVII. 382/2 An attack on the administration of the navy led to a resolution of the House of Commons (15 Dec. 1703) that Tutchin should attend a committee to answer what might be objected against him. b. transitive. With clause (formerly also infinitive) as object. Obsolete.Also in passive, with it as anticipatory subject and clause as complement. ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 (MED) No man obiecte here aȝens me to be aboute forto falsifie this present xiije. conclusioun. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 259/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Those taunts which the Frenchmen laid upon them, obiecting that the greedinesse of wine and vittles had brought them ouer into that countrie. 1611 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Hist. France (new ed.) 1042 That which afflicts the Defendresse much more, is that the Complainants obiect against her, that she loued not her child. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall ii. 22 It was obviously objected upon Christians, that they condemned the practise of burning. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 95. ⁋6 I have heard it objected against that Piece, that its Instructions are not of general use. 1772 H. Barnes Notes Cases Court of Common Pleas 1732–56 322 Objected, on the Part of Defendant, That he was a publick visible Man, and Plaintiff had not endeavoured to arrest him. a1855 J. Eagles Sketcher (1856) i. 18 I once heard a person object to Gaspar Poussin, that there was too much in his pictures. 1864 Spectator 537 It is sometimes objected to Mr. A. Fripp's peasant children that they are more gentle than simple. c. intransitive. To bring a charge or accusation. Obsolete.In the King James version of the Bible only. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (intransitive)] wrayc725 mean?c1225 accusec1384 surmise1528 incuse1570 object1611 appeacha1616 aggravate1672 finger-point1959 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxiv. 19 Who ought to have beene here before thee, and obiect [L. accusare], if they had ought against me. View more context for this quotation 6. transitive. To impute, attribute (a quality, characteristic, etc.) to a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] titleOE aretc1340 witena1375 witnea1375 reta1382 depute1382 wite1382 seta1387 layc1425 expoundc1430 imputec1480 attribue1481 assign1489 reckon1526 attribute1530 count1535 allot?1556 draw1578 object1613 prefer1628 entitle1629 implya1641 to score (something) on1645 intitule1651 put1722 to put down1723 charge1737 own1740 place1802 to set down1822 affiliate1823 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 120 They were so scrupulous concerning the Moone, that Clemens Alexand..objects the worship therof unto them. 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant ii. 24 Do you object my Care of your Reputation to want of Fondness? 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 344 Homer, who celebrates the Greeks for their long hair, and Achilles for his skill on the harp, makes Hector in this place object them both to Paris. †III. To bring before. 7. transitive. To place before the eyes or other senses; to present or offer to the sight, perception, understanding, etc. Usually with to or unto. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 409 (MED) When a sike man ys turmentid sore & vexid with sorow & siknesse of his body, þan þe deuell is most besiest to superad or put-vpone sorrow to sorrow, with all þe weyes þat he may, obiectynge his synnes ayence hym for to induce hym into dispeire. 1557 Dialoge of Comfort (new ed.) iii, in Wks. Sir T. More 1249/1 The bodily senses, moued by such thinges..as are outwardly thorowe sensible worldly thinges offred & obiected vnto them. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 24 Concupiscence..apprehendeth whatsoeuer phantasie and sence obiect vnto it. 1606 B. Jonson Hymenæi in Wks. (1616) 911 It is a noble and iust aduantage, that the things subiected to vnderstanding haue of those which are obiected to sense. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 10 A resultancy or reflection, proceeding from a being obiected to our vnderstanding. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 190 Whose temperance was of proof against any meat objected to his appetite. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 2 As the Objects of Light or Colour are objected to the Eye when it is open. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. Pref. 89 The Mysterious Work, objected to his contemplation. 1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xvii. 182 Religion..convinces man that there are other things in heaven and earth besides those which are objected to his senses. 8. transitive. To expose (a person) to or against danger, evil, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > expose to danger, harm, etc. expose1474 object?1520 prefer?1541 expone1564 oppose1589 ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth ii. f. 7 Micipsa concluded with hymselfe to obiect [L. obiectare] hym to daunger and peryll of warre. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. vii. 72 Quhy wald þai obiect [L. obicerent] him aganis sa hie dangere & perrellis. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xli. f. 115 Obiectyng hymself to the daunger, wherin he was like to be ouerwhelmed. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 158 Her and her dauchteris he obiectes [L. objicit] to the badrie of his men of weir. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 414 All these afflictions..they knowingly did object themselves to. 9. a. transitive. To put or place (a person or thing) so that it abuts, meets, or intercepts something, or so that it is exposed or subjected to a material object, physical phenomenon, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > be opposite (something) [verb (transitive)] > place opposite object1533 opposea1616 confront1848 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 112 Nochttheles he chesit erare to be obieckit [L. obici] to the invie of pepill..than to noye the public weill. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 101^v A certeine soft sinew..[is] obiected to the holes transuersely. 1622 in J. Maidment Chron. Perth (1831) 88 It [sc. a child] had been seen lying objected to wind and weet. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 334 Every one of these doe blacke the bodies objected unto them. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xv. 240 He commanded him to be objected to a hungry and an enraged Lyon. 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. ii. 19 A very white..piece of Ash,..objected to a proper Light. 1813–21 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) VIII. 205 This body..stands objected, i.e. cast before, that other body which moves. 1863 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns (ed. 2) 195 From what point his wind his course On the tower directeth, To that point the cock his head Manfully objecteth. b. transitive. To place so as to interrupt or hinder the course of a person or thing; to put in the way or interpose, as an obstacle or hindrance to progress, or a defence from attack. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) between interlace1532 interlard1545 interplace1548 object1548 intersert1582 lace1595 interpose1599 interblend1605 interlay1609 enlard1621 interpone1678 intercalate1824 interpolate1827 interlocate1851 interleave1856 sandwich1861 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] > be an obstacle to > place as an obstacle or hindrance object1548 to trump in (one's) way1553 1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. A ij To deliuer vs from the perill obiected. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idolatry iii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 253 To object to the weake..such stumbling-blocks. ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads iv. 57 My Girdle, curets doubled here, and my most trusted plate, Obiected all twixt me and Death. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. 54 Pallas to their eyes The mist objected. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xxv. 336 The Goth objects His shield, and on its rim received the edge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398adj.a1398v.?a1425
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